amending the Annex to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1809 concerning certain protective measures in relation to outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza in certain Member States (notified under document C(2021) 355) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard ...

amending the Annex to Implementing Decision 2014/709/EU concerning animal health control measures relating to African swine fever in certain Member States (notified under document C(2021) 353) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functio...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (PDF, 141 KB) with the Assistant Secretary for Health and Head of the Public Health Service Admiral Brett Giroir, M.D., establishing a regulatory environment at the Department of Agr...

[USDA Announces Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety and Acting FSIS Administrator] The government will transition to a new administration next week. As part of the orderly transition, Secretary Perdue designated acting officers to perform the duties assigned to political positions. Paul...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is announcing the deregulation of a cotton variety, designated as MON 88702,  developed by the Monsanto Company (Monsanto) using genetic engineering for resistance to certain insects, primarily ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced the final rule regulating the production of hemp in the United States. The final rule incorporates modifications to regulations established under the interim final rule (IFR) published in October 2019. The modifications are based on public co...

The FDA launched the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery and Preparedness Plan (PREPP) initiative in 2020 to strengthen our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and improve our resiliency for future public health emergencies. To help achieve these goals, we asked an independent, non-government organization to c...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has made two updates to its materials for stakeholders regarding the proposed rule, “Requirements for Additional Traceability Records for Certain Foods” (Food Traceability Proposed Rule).  First, the agency has made clarifying edits to the Fo...

[Who does this notice affect?] This notice is of particular interest to importers of retorted, shelf stable, commercially sterile products containing animal-based ingredients. [What has changed?] The Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (department) is making changes to the st...

Have your say New Zealand Food Safety is proposing changes to the: Animal Products Notice: Regulated Control Scheme – Bivalve Molluscan Shellfish for Human Consumption What's being proposed? We have reviewed the notice to: - remove pectenotoxin as a regulated toxin, following a th...