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Dec 14, 2018 NAMI Announces Details for Paid Education Workshop at 2019 IPPE The Meat Institute will sponsor a Meat Quality Workshop: Packaging, Color and Shelf Life paid education session at the 2019 International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE), February 12-14, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. more...
Dec 13, 2018 FSIS Preparing for Phase 2 Implementation of PHIS Export Component The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is preparing to implement phase two of its Public Health Information System (PHIS) Export Component on March 4, 2019. more...
Dec 13, 2018 Morocco Open to U.S. Beef U.S. beef and beef products are now eligible for export to Morocco. Under its free trade agreement with Morocco, the U.S. can export beef at zero duty within tariff rate quotas. more...
Dec 12, 2018 FNS to Publish Rule on Flexibilities for Milk, Whole Grains and Sodium Requirements in Child Nutrition Programs The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) later this month will publish in the Federal Register a final rule extending menu flexibilities in implementing school nutrition standards for milk, whole grains and sodium. more...
Dec 12, 2018 IPPE Exhibitors Can Invite Customers to Attend Tradeshow for Free International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE) exhibiting companies can invite their customers to attend the show, February 12 - 14, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia, for free through the new Traffic Boost system. more...
Dec 11, 2018 FDA Releases New Online Education and Training Module on Menu Labeling The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) developed an education module to help industry, regulators and consumers understand new menu labeling regulations, which became effective May 7, 2018. more...
Dec 11, 2018 FDA to Accept Concurrent Comments on First Two Volumes of Intentional Adulteration Rule Draft Guidance The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it will continue to accept public comments on the first installment of the three-part draft Intentional Adulteration (IA) rule guidance during the comment period for the second installment of the draft guidance. more...
Dec 11, 2018 USTR Publishes USMCA Fact Sheets and Chapter Summaries The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a collection of chapter and annex fact sheets summarizing the content of the recently signed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). more...
Dec 10, 2018 AMC Leaders of Tomorrow Program Application Deadline is Friday, Exhibit Space Nearly Sold Out The deadline to apply to the Meat Institute and Food Marketing Institute’s (FMI) new “Leaders of Tomorrow Program” is Friday, December 14. more...
Dec 8, 2018 FSIS Announces Uniform Compliance Date for Meat and Poultry Product Labeling Regulations The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is establishing January 1, 2022, as the uniform compliance date for new meat and poultry product labeling regulations that are issued between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2020. more...
Dec 6, 2018 ERS Releases Outlook for FY 2019 Agricultural Trade The Economic Research Service (ERS) projects fiscal year (FY) 2019 agricultural exports to reach $141.5 billion, representing a $1.9 billion decrease from FY 2018, largely driven by fewer exports of soybeans and cotton. more...
Dec 6, 2018 NAMI Announces Details for Two Paid Education Programs at 2019 IPPE The Meat Institute released details for two paid education programs at the 2019 International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE), February 12-14, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. more...
Dec 5, 2018 U.S., China Make Progress on Trade; Coalition Letter Urges Resolution to Ongoing U.S.-China Trade Dispute President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping, during a meeting at last week’s G-20 Summit in Argentina, agreed to postpone escalating tariffs while the two countries work to resolve their ongoing trade dispute. more...
Dec 5, 2018 FSIS Releases Annual Plans on Microbiological and Chemical Residue Sampling Programs The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) last week released the Annual Sampling Program Plan and Residue Sampling Plans for fiscal year 2019 and its first 2018 Annual Catalog of FSIS Sampling Projects. more...
Dec 4, 2018 FSIS Announces Information Collection to Receive Input on Federal Outreach Efforts to Control Listeria at Retail The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is requesting establishing an information collection to receive input regarding the agency’s outreach efforts to control Listeria monocytogenes in retail delicatessens. more...
Dec 4, 2018 Meat Institute Details Meat and Poultry Industry Negotiating Objectives for U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement The Meat Institute outlined key meat and poultry industry negotiating objectives and priorities for a bilateral U.S.-Japan Trade Agreement in comments submitted to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. more...
Dec 3, 2018 Memo Details USDA, FDA Announcement Calling for Joint Regulatory Framework for Cell-Cultured Meat The law firm Hogan Lovells prepared a memorandum detailing USDA and the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent announcement proposing a joint regulatory framework to oversee cell-cultured meat. The memo also summarizes the joint USDA and FDA public meeting on the topic held in October. more...
Dec 3, 2018 FSIS Issues Notice Announcing Eligibility of Argentina to Export Raw Beef to U.S. The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), upon completion of an audit of Argentina’s inspection system for beef slaughter and further processing, reinstated the country’s raw beef equivalency, and approved Argentina as eligible to export raw beef to the U.S. from cattle slaughtered on... more...
Dec 3, 2018 Julie Anna Potts, Barry Carpenter Attend Deli Brands of America Facility Opening. Meat Institute President and CEO Julie Anna Potts and President Emeritus Barry Carpenter attended a ribbon cutting ceremony on November 12 to celebrate the opening of Deli Brands of America’s new slicing facility, warehouse and transportation hub in Baltimore, Maryland. Deli Brands of... more...
Nov 30, 2018 U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Signed President Donald Trump, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Friday signed the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The agreement, which modernizes the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA),... more...
Nov 30, 2018 FDA Adds Resources to Assist Food Facilities with Biennial Registration Renewal The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added new resources to help food facilities that are required to register with the agency. more...
Nov 23, 2018 NAMI Announces Details for Two Free Education Programs at 2019 IPPE The Meat Institute released details for two free education programs at the 2019 International Production and Processing Expo (IPPE), February 12-14, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia. more...
Nov 21, 2018 Meat Institute Testifies at Hearing Assessing the Economic Impact of New U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement Meat Institute Senior Vice President of International Affairs Bill Westman last week emphasized the critical importance of the Canadian and Mexican export markets to the long-term economic strength of the U.S. meat and livestock sectors in testimony before the U.S. International Trade Commission. more...
Nov 20, 2018 USDA, FDA Call for Joint Regulation of Cell-Cultured Meat USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) intend to jointly oversee the production of cell-cultured food products derived from livestock and poultry, according to an announcement by Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue and FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb. more...
Nov 20, 2018 Trade Data Through September 2018 Now Available The latest Trade and Market Statistics Report released by USDA and compiled by the Meat Institute presenting data through September 30, 2018, is now available. more...
Nov 18, 2018 Senate Lawmakers Urge Tariff Exclusion Process for Latest Round of Tariffs on Chinese Imports A bipartisan group of Senate lawmakers, led by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Doug Jones (D-AL), sent a letter urging U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer to establish a process allowing U.S. companies to request an exclusion from tariffs recently imposed on $200 billion worth of... more...
Nov 17, 2018 USTR Requests Comments on Negotiating Objectives for U.S.-EU Trade Agreement The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is requesting comments to develop negotiating positions for a proposed U.S.-European Union (EU) trade agreement. more...
Nov 16, 2018 Memo Details USDA, FDA Priorities in Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory Actions The law firm Hogan Lovells prepared a memorandum summarizing rulemaking actions currently under development at USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which were outlined in the Administration’s Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions. more...
Nov 15, 2018 DOL Discards ‘80/20’ Guidance for Tipped Employees The Department of Labor (DOL) issued a new opinion letter rescinding the 20 percent limitation on the amount of time employees in tipped occupations can spend on non-tip-producing “sidework,” replacing it with a more flexible test. more...
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