A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.
REGULATORY: TTB, CFTC, EPA, FCIC, FWS, FSIS
ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU
Final rule amending TTB’s regulations pertaining to the production of wine to add to the list of materials and processes authorized for the treatment of wine and of the juice from which wine is made, and to expand the authorized uses of certain materials already authorized under the regulations. Info here.
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Final rule announcing that the CFTC is modifying its existing interest rate swap clearing requirement regulations due to the global transition from reliance on certain interbank offered rates that have been, or will be, discontinued as benchmark reference rates to alternative reference rates. Info here.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Final rule amending the existing exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of Streptomyces sp. strain K61 in or on all raw agricultural commodities. Info here.
Notice announcing that the EPA has received applications to register new uses for pesticide products containing currently registered active ingredients. Info here.
FEDERAL CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION
Notice announcing the availability of funding under the Transitional and Organic Grower Assistance Program. Info here.
FISH AND WILDIFE SERVICE
Final rule announcing FWS is removing the plant Adiantum vivesii (no common name) from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Plants. Info here.
Final rule announcing FWS is removing the Braken Bat Cave meshweaver (Cicurina venii), an arachnid, from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife ( i.e., “delisting” the species) under the Endangered Species Act, because of a taxonomic revision. Info here.
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
Final rule announcing that FSIS is revising the regulations prescribing the statistical methods used in measuring the performance of chemistry laboratories in its voluntary Accredited Laboratory Program and expanding the scope of accreditations offered by the program. Info here.