A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.
REGULATORY: Includes APHIS, EPA, FWS, FDA, FSIS, NOAA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Final notice that the Agricultural Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture has revised the U.S. Standards for Grades of Frozen Corn on the Cob. Info here.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notice that the comment period has been reopened for advance notice of proposed rulemaking on establishing regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed by genetic engineering. Info here.
Environmental Protection Agency
Notice announcing the availability of EPA’s draft human health and/or ecological risk assessments for the registration review of diuron, famoxadone, fluometuron, indaziflam, inorganic chlorates, mancozeb, napropamide, nicarbazin, peroxy compounds, propiconazole, tetraconazole, and zinc pyrithione. Info here.
Final rule establishing tolerances for residues of quizalofop ethyl in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Info here.
Final rule establishing tolerances for residues of fluindapyr in or on multiple commodities which are identified and discussed later in this document. Info here.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Final rule removing Bradshaw’s lomatium (Lomatium bradshawii, also known as Bradshaw’s desert parsley), a plant found in western Oregon and southwestern Washington, from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. Info here.
Food and Drug Administration
Final rule amending the animal drug regulations to reflect application-related actions for new animal drug applications and abbreviated new animal drug applications during April, May, and June 2020. Info here.
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Proposed rule to reopen the comment period for advance notice of proposed rulemaking on establishing regulations for the movement of certain animals modified or developed by genetic engineering. Info here.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Proposed rule to extend the public comment period by 30 days for the revised proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2021, to designate critical habitat for the threatened Arctic subspecies of the ringed seal under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.
Temporary rule opening directed fishing for sablefish with fixed gear managed under the Individual Fishing Quota Program and the Community Development Quota Program. Info here.
Proposed rule extending the public comment period by 30 days for the proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on January 8, 2021, to designate critical habitat for the threatened Beringia distinct population segment of the Pacific bearded seal subspecies under the Endangered Species Act. Info here.
Final rule publishing the 2021 annual management measures governing the Pacific halibut fishery that have been recommended by the IPHC and accepted by the Secretary of State. Info here.
Temporary rule closing the commercial fishery for the aggregated large coastal sharks and hammerhead shark management groups in the western Gulf of Mexico sub-region. Info here.
Temporary rule prohibiting directed fishing for Pacific cod by catcher/processors using hook-and-line gear in the Western Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska. Info here.