🌱Comments Requested on Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops
In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act requirement, the Farm Service Agency (FSA) is requesting comments from all interested individuals and organizations on an extension with a revision of a currently approved information collection request associated with the Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops (FSCSC) program.
Learn More📋FDA's GRAS Notifications and Information Collection Overview
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing that a proposed collection of information has been submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and clearance under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.
Learn More🥚FDA Notice on Animal Food and Egg Regulatory Program Standards
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) is announcing an opportunity for public comment on the proposed collection of certain information by the Agency. Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), Federal Agencies are required to publish notice in the Federal Register concerning each proposed collection of information, including each proposed extension of an existing collection of information, and to allow 60 days for public comment in response to the notice. This notice solicits comments on revisions to the collections of information associated with our Animal Food Regulatory Program Standards and Egg Regulatory Program Standards.
Learn More🍹FDA Confirms Galdieria Extract Blue as Safe Color Additive
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is confirming the effective date of June 26, 2025, for the final order that appeared in the Federal Register of May 12, 2025. The final order amends the color additive regulations to provide for the safe use of galdieria extract blue as a color additive at levels consistent with good manufacturing practice (GMP) in: non-alcoholic beverages and beverage bases, fruit drinks, fruit smoothies, fruit juices, vegetable juices, dairy-based smoothies, milk shakes and flavored milks, yogurt drinks, milk-based meal replacement and nutritional beverages, breakfast cereal coatings, hard candy, soft candy and chewing gum, flavored frostings, ice cream and frozen dairy desserts, frozen fruits, water ices and popsicles, gelatin desserts, puddings and custards, whipped cream, yogurt, frozen or liquid creamers (including non-dairy alternatives), and whipped toppings (including non-dairy alternatives).
Learn More🐖Proposed Changes to Swine Slaughter Inspection Regulations
FSIS is proposing to end mandatory mandibular lymph nodes incision and viscera palpation of swine carcasses in all swine slaughter establishments (i.e., establishments operating under traditional swine slaughter inspection or the New Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS). Mandibular lymph nodes ("lymph nodes") incision and viscera palpation of swine carcasses are not needed to ensure food safety, as FSIS swine condemnation rates are low and disease conditions that are condemnable defects can be detected visually through other pathological changes in the carcass and its parts. Therefore, FSIS is proposing to amend the meat inspection regulations to remove requirements for establishment sorters to "incise mandibular lymph nodes and palpate the viscera" as part of their sorting activities before FSIS post-mortem inspection in NSIS establishments. FSIS is also proposing to amend the post-mortem swine inspection staffing standards table applicable to swine slaughter establishments operating under traditional inspection. This change would allow FSIS more flexibility to assign inspection program personnel (IPP) based on the establishment's line configuration, other establishment operations, and FSIS staffing needs.
Learn More🍏EPA Establishes Pesticide Tolerance for Mandipropamid on Papaya
This regulation establishes a tolerance action for residues of mandipropamid in or on papaya. Under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA), Syngenta Crop Protection, LLC submitted a petition to EPA requesting that EPA establish a maximum permissible level for residues of this pesticide in or on the identified commodities.
Learn More🍊Exemption from Pesticide Tolerance for Ethyl Formate on Specific Crops
This regulation establishes an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance for residues of ethyl formate in or on citrus (10-10), kiwifruit (fuzzy and hardy), and table grapes when used as a fumigant in accordance with label directions and good agricultural practices. VPTox LLC, submitted a petition to EPA under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) on behalf of Draslovka Services Pty Ltd, requesting an exemption from the requirement of a tolerance. This regulation eliminates the need to establish a maximum permissible level for residues of ethyl formate in or on citrus, crop group 10-10; kiwifruit, fuzzy; kiwifruit, hardy, and grape, table in accordance with the terms of the exemption.
Learn More💰FY 2026 Food Safety Inspection and Recall Fee Rates Announced
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the fiscal year (FY) 2026 fee rates for certain domestic and foreign facility reinspections, failures to comply with a recall order, and importer reinspections that are authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
Learn More🍽️FDA Announces VQIP User Fee Rate for Fiscal Year 2026
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the fiscal year (FY) 2026 annual fee rate for importers approved to participate in the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) that is authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This fee is effective on August 1, 2025, and will remain in effect through September 30, 2026.
Learn More💵FDA Announces User Fee Rates for Food Safety Certification FY 2026
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is announcing the fiscal year (FY) 2026 annual fee rate for recognized accreditation bodies and accredited certification bodies, and the initial and renewal fee rate for accreditation bodies applying to be recognized in the third-party certification program authorized by the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). We are also announcing the fee rate for certification bodies applying for direct FDA accreditation.
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