Notice 18 Mar 2025 compliance, agriculture, regulations, usda, poultry, market standards

🍗USDA Extends Comment Period on Poultry Standards Regulations

This document extends the comment period of the January 16, 2025, notice and request for comments on revisions to the United States Classes, Standards, and Grades for Poultry (the Poultry Standards). The last minor revision to the Poultry Standards occurred in 2018, but the last substantial revision prior to that occurred in 1998. Since then, poultry production and quality assessment methods have changed significantly, as have consumer preferences.

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Notice 18 Mar 2025 agriculture, regulations, oregon, forest service, environmental policy

🌲Forest Service Withdraws Notice on Vegetation Management Project

The Forest Service is withdrawing its notice of intent to prepare an environmental impact statement for the Twin Vegetation Management and Restoration Project on the Bend-Fort Rock Ranger District.

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Rule 14 Mar 2025 agriculture, regulations, usda, poultry, avian influenza, indemnity

🦆USDA Reopens Comment Period on Indemnity Payments for Avian Influenza

We are reopening the comment period for our interim rule that would amend the regulations pertaining to conditions for payment of indemnity for highly pathogenic avian influenza. This action will allow interested persons additional time to prepare and submit comments.

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Notice 13 Mar 2025 agriculture, environmental impact, regulation, idaho, forest management

🌲Withdrawal Notice for Idaho Panhandle National Forest Noxious Weed Project

The Idaho Panhandle National Forest is withdrawing its Notice of Intent (NOI) to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Noxious Weed Treatment Project. The original NOI was published on pages 70954-70955 of the Federal Register on November 16, 2011. The Forest plans to complete an Environmental Assessment (EA) to determine if there are significant effects warranting the preparation of an EIS.

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Rule 11 Mar 2025 compliance, environmental regulation, agriculture, environmental protection, administrative practice and procedure, reporting and recordkeeping requirements, pesticides, food safety, agricultural commodities, pesticides and pests

🍏EPA Establishes Metamitron Tolerances for Apples and Pears

This regulation establishes tolerances for residues of metamitron in or on apple and pear. ADAMA AGAN c/o Makhteshim Agan of North America, Inc. (d/b/a ADAMA) requested these tolerances under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA).

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Notice 11 Mar 2025 agriculture, poultry, food safety, us regulations, meat products, retail

🍗2025 Updates on Retail Exemptions for Meat and Poultry Sales

FSIS is announcing the dollar limitations on the amount of meat and meat products and poultry and poultry products that a retail store can sell to hotels, restaurants, and similar institutions without disqualifying itself for exemption from Federal inspection requirements.

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Proposed Rule 11 Mar 2025 agriculture, environmental protection, regulation, epa, pesticide, food manufacturing

🌾Receipt of Pesticide Petition Regulations

This document announces the Agency's receipt of an initial filing of a pesticide petition requesting the establishment or modification of regulations for residues of pesticide chemicals in or on various commodities.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 agriculture, nutrition, business impact, government regulation, wic, income guidelines

🍼WIC Income Eligibility Guidelines Updated for 2025-2026

The U.S. Department of Agriculture ("Department") announces adjusted income eligibility guidelines to be used by State agencies in determining the income eligibility of persons applying to participate in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). These income eligibility guidelines are to be used in conjunction with the WIC Regulations.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 food assistance, agriculture, nutrition, economic impact, consumer trends, federal programs

🍏2025 Summer EBT Program Adjustments for Children Benefits

This notice informs the public of the annual adjustments to the levels of monthly benefits in the Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer for Children (Summer EBT) Program. These adjustments reflect changes in the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP), as required under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act.

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Notice 10 Mar 2025 agriculture, regulatory compliance, public meeting, usa, codex alimentarius, food standards

🍽️Codex Alimentarius Meeting Notice for Food Standards Discussion

The U.S. Codex Office is sponsoring a public meeting on April 10, 2025. The objective of the public meeting is to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items to be discussed at the 44th Session of the Codex Committee on Methods and Analysis and Sampling (CCMAS) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC), which will meet in Budapest, Hungary, from May 5-9, 2025. The U.S. Manager for Codex Alimentarius and the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs recognize the importance of providing interested parties the opportunity to obtain background information on the 44th Session of the CCMAS and to address items on the agenda.

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