Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 food safety, fda regulations, pathogen control, low-moisture foods, sanitation

🍽️FDA Guidance on Sanitation for Low-Moisture Ready-To-Eat Foods

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance for industry entitled "Establishing Sanitation Programs for Low-Moisture Ready-to-Eat Human Foods and Taking Corrective Actions Following a Pathogen Contamination Event." The draft guidance, when finalized, will explain FDA's current thinking on establishing a routine sanitation program for low-moisture ready-to-eat human foods (LMRTE foods) that can help prevent contamination of food or a food-contact surface with a pathogen and will explain our current thinking for corrective actions, including corrective actions to remediate contamination of food-contact surfaces, if prevention fails.

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Grant Opportunities, Compliance, Professional Events 7 Jan 2025 grants, nih, health, meetings, biomedical, contracts, vaccine research
Compliance, Regulatory 7 Jan 2025 compliance, fda, ai-enabled devices, marketing submission, lifecycle management

📄FDA Draft Guidance on AI-Enabled Device Software Functions

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing the availability of the draft guidance entitled "Artificial Intelligence Enabled Device Software Functions: Lifecycle Management and Marketing Submission Recommendations." This draft guidance, when finalized, will provide recommendations regarding the contents of marketing submissions for devices that include artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled device software functions including documentation and information that will support FDA's evaluation of safety and effectiveness. To support the development of appropriate documentation for FDA's assessment of the device, this draft guidance also proposes recommendations for the design, development, and implementation of AI- enabled devices that sponsors may wish to consider using throughout the total product lifecycle (TPLC). This draft guidance is not final nor is it for implementation at this time.

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Regulatory Compliance, Business Strategy 7 Jan 2025 postal service, shipping, business contracts, competitive products, regulatory commission

📦USPS Notice of Priority Mail & Ground Advantage Contract Change

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance, Regulation, Environmental Policy 7 Jan 2025 compliance, environmental impact, land use, regulations, wilderness areas, national parks

🌲Wilderness Area Assessments

Pursuant to the Wilderness Act of 1964, and in accordance with National Park Service (NPS) Management Policies 2006, the NPS intends to evaluate all previously unassessed lands within the following parks for their eligibility for inclusion in the national wilderness preservation system: Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area, Everglades National Park, Gulf Islands National Seashore, Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, Little River Canyon National Preserve, and Virgin Islands National Park.

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Grant Opportunities, Compliance 7 Jan 2025 regulatory, grants, nih, health, research, meeting
Compliance, Regulatory Changes 7 Jan 2025 business regulation, postal service, shipping, usps, negotiated service agreement

📦USPS Priority Mail Express Contract Changes Impacting Businesses

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Regulatory Compliance, Trade Agreements 7 Jan 2025 postal service, business regulations, negotiated service agreements, shipping

📦USPS Notice on Priority Mail Express and Ground Advantage Changes

The Postal Service gives notice of filing a request with the Postal Regulatory Commission to add a domestic shipping services contract to the list of Negotiated Service Agreements in the Mail Classification Schedule's Competitive Products List.

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Compliance, Regulatory Requirements 7 Jan 2025 compliance, regulation, federal trade commission, financial institutions, identity theft prevention

🛡️FTC Proposes Extension of Red Flags, Card Issuers, and Address Rules

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC" or "Commission") requests that the Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") extend for an additional three years the current Paperwork Reduction Act ("PRA") clearance for information collection requirements contained in the Red Flags, Card Issuers, and Address Discrepancy Rules ("Rules"). That clearance expires on January 31, 2025.

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Compliance, Economic Development 7 Jan 2025 information collection, hud, public housing, economic mobility, rent policies

🏡HUD Seeks Comments on Stepped and Tiered Rent Evaluation Study

HUD is seeking approval from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for the information collection described below. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act, HUD is requesting comment from all interested parties on the proposed collection of information. The purpose of this notice is to allow for 60 days of public comment.

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