USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has revised the limits for Grade B Brix allowances for pasteurized orange juice, according to a Federal Register notice. The revisions, effective Nov. 18, will be made to the U.S. standards for grades of orange juice and will reference the FDA's Standards of Identity for pasteurized orange juice.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is staying the handling regulation governing walnut imports "to align it with regulations prescribed under the Federal marketing order regulating the handling of walnuts grown in California," it said in a Federal Register notice.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is planning to revise seven U.S. grade standards for canned tomato products, as well as change the spelling of "catsup" to "ketchup," a term that AMS says is more commonly used, it said in a Federal Register notice.
USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is notifying the Office of Management and Budget that it's planning to continue to collect information and data related to the potential introduction or spread of diseases resulting from the importation of small and exotic ruminants, it said in a Federal Register notice this week.
USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service is planning to revise the U.S. standards for grades of lemons by adding a definition for "seedless lemons," it said in a Federal Register notice released Sept. 10. AMS also plans to incorporate marking requirements for lemons meeting the seedless definition, the notice said. Comments on these proposed changes are due Nov. 10.
The Fish and Wildlife Service adjusted, effective Aug. 18, the civil penalties for violating FWS statutes and regulations, the agency said in a Federal Register notice. The adjustments are to account for inflation, FWS said.
The USDA's Foreign Agricultural Service has set a $350 fee to be charged for each license issued authorizing imports of certain dairy articles according to the 2026 tariff rate quota year, it said in a Federal Register notice. The fee amount, effective Aug. 15, covers calendar year 2026; licenses are issued on a calendar year basis.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service will stop accepting paper submissions of the Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) 505 or 505B form as of Jan. 1, 2026, APHIS said in an emailed alert. Filers will need to submit their declarations using CBP's ACE or the USDA-APHIS Lacey Act Web Governance System (LAWGS). Those who submit a paper declaration after Jan. 1 will be violating the Lacey Act, APHIS said.
Fruit imported from New Zealand no longer needs documentation declaring that the fruit is free of the light brown apple moth (LBAM), the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service said in a Federal Register notice. This deregulation action is effective July 25.
The USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is asking the Office of Management and Budget to allow the agency to continue information collection on imports of poultry meat and poultry products from the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Sonora, saying that these two states pose negligible risk of introducing Newcastle disease, it said in a Federal Register notice.