Agriculture & Food Safety

WTO Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels Announced

The Foreign Agricultural Service announced the World Trade Organization (WTO) Agricultural Quantity-Based Safeguard Trigger Levels. This notice provides updated levels relevant to agricultural trade agreements.

Foreign Agricultural Service - Request for Information on Refined Sugar

The Foreign Agricultural Service has issued a notice requesting information regarding refined sugar. This notice seeks public input to inform future policy decisions related to the refined sugar market.

Special Agricultural Safeguard Measures Notice

The Foreign Agricultural Service has issued a notice regarding Special Agricultural Safeguard Measures pursuant to the Uruguay Round Agreements Act. This notice specifies the effective period for these measures.

Foreign Agricultural Service - Information Collection Revision Request

The Department of Agriculture's Foreign Agricultural Service has published a notice requesting a revision of a currently approved information collection. The public is invited to submit comments on this request.

FSIS Request to Renew Information Collection: Sanitation SOPs, HACCP

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has requested to renew an approved information collection regarding Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) systems. This notice is open for public comment for 30 days.

FSIS Request to Renew Nutrition Labeling Information Collection

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has published a notice requesting to renew an approved information collection regarding nutrition labeling for major cuts of single-ingredient raw meat or poultry products and ground or chopped meat and poultry products. The public has 58 days to submit comments.

Swine Slaughter Inspection System: Maximum Line Speed

The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to establish the maximum line speed for the new Swine Slaughter Inspection System (NSIS). This proposal is open for public comment until April 20, 2026.

Poultry Inspection System Line Speed Rates for Chicken and Turkey

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has proposed new maximum line speed rates for young chicken and turkey establishments operating under the New Poultry Inspection System. This proposed rule aims to update current operational standards for poultry processing facilities.

FSIS 2026 Rate Changes for Inspection and Laboratory Services

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is announcing its 2026 rates for voluntary, overtime, and holiday inspection, laboratory services, and export application fees. Most rates will remain the same as 2025, with a reduction in laboratory service rates effective January 11, 2026.

Domestic Sugar Program FY 2026 Allotment Reassignment

The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation has issued a notice regarding the reassignment of cane sugar and beet sugar marketing allotments and processor allocations for Fiscal Year 2026. This notice details the adjustments to these allocations for the upcoming fiscal year.