A comprehensive summary of today’s judicial, legislative, and regulatory developments in agriculture and food. Email important additions HERE.
REGULATORY: AMS, APHIS, FCIC, FWS, NOAA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Final rule amending the National List of Allowed and Prohibited Substances section of the USDA’s organic regulations to implement recommendations submitted to the Secretary of Agriculture by the National Organic Standards Board. Info here.
Final rule amending the Mango Promotion, Research and Information Order by removing the provisions of frozen mangos as a covered commodity. Info here.
Notice that AMS is seeking nominations for individuals to serve on the USDA Grain Inspection Advisory Committee. Info here.
Notice that USDA is seeking nominations for individuals to be considered for selection as Peanut Standards Board members for a term of office ending June 30, 2024.Info here.
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
Notice advising the public of our preliminary concurrence with the World Organization for Animal Health’s bovine spongiform encephalopathy risk designation for Bolivia and the United Kingdom’s zone of Jersey. Info here.
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Final rule amending the Common Crop Insurance Regulations, Small Grains Crop Insurance Provisions and Malting Barley Price and Quality Endorsement. Info here.
Fish and Wildlife Service
Proposed rule to revise the regulation for the nonessential experimental population of the black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes) in Arizona. Info here.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Temporary rule extending emergency measures that allow a limited one-time carryover of up to 5 percent of unharvested fishing quota from the 2020 fishing year into the 2021 fishing year. Info here.
Final rule implementing the measures of the New England Fishery Management Council’s Omnibus Deep-Sea Coral Amendment. This action protects deep-sea corals from the impacts of commercial fishing gear on Georges Bank and in the Gulf of Maine. Info here.