Nut or Nut Products Policy and Actions

Format	Author(s)	Title / Description	Date added	Details
	Environmental Protection Agency	Acequinocyl; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule establishing tolerances for acequinocyl and its metabolite in or on almond; almond, hulls; apple, wet pomace; citrus, oil; fat and liver of cattle, goat, horse, and sheep; fruit, citrus, group 10; fruit, pome, group 11; pistachio; and strawberry. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2004	Jul 22, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Carfentrazone-Ethyl; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for carfentrazone-ethyl and its metabolite in or on certain raw agricultural commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2004	Sep 30, 2004
	Office of Regulatory Affairs, Food and Drug Administration	Compliance Policy Guide: Sec. 555.250 Statement of Policy for Labeling and Preventing Cross-contact of Common Food Allergens Guidance for FDA staff that includes review of policy on the labeling of allergens in foods and on practices to prevent allergen cross-contact. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001	Jun 18, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Cyfluthrin; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for cyfluthrin in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Deadline: Friday, September 16, 2005 Publication Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2005	Sep 16, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Cyhexatin; Proposed Tolerance Actions Proposed rule to revoke existing tolerances for residues of cyhexatin and to establish a time-limited tolerance for orange juice. (more) Deadline: Friday, August 26, 2005 Publication Date: Wednesday, July 27, 2005	Jul 28, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Cyprodinil; Pesticide Tolerances Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for cyprodinil in or on almond, hulls; bean, dry; bean, succulent; and leafy greens subgroup 4A, except spinach. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2004	Oct 21, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Deltamethrin; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes a tolerance for combined residues of deltamethrin, trans-deltamethrin, and [alpha]-R-deltamethrin in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004	Oct 28, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Etoxazole; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes a residue tolerance for etoxazole in or on grapes and tree nuts. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 20, 2005	Jul 21, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Flumioxazin; Pesticide Tolerances Final rule that "establishes tolerances for residues of flumioxazin in or on almond, garlic, grape, onion, peppermint, pistachio, shallot, spearmint, sugarcane, and tuberous/corm vegetables (Subgroup 1C)." Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2004	Aug 26, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Forchlorfenuron; N-(2-chloro-4-pyridinyl)-N'-phenylurea; Time-LimitedPesticide Tolerance Final rule that "establishes a time-limited tolerance for residues of forchlorfenuron; N-(2-chloro-4-pyridinyl)-N'-phenylurea in or on almond, apple, blueberry, cranberry, fig, grapes, kiwifruit, olive, pear, and plums (fresh)." Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2004	Aug 12, 2004
	Health and Consumer Protection Directorate-General, European Commission	Guidance Document for Competent Authorities for the Control of Compliance with EU Legislation on Aflatoxins Guidance document regarding the control of aflatoxins in foods in the EU. Includes discussion of sampling, analysis, reporting of results, non-compliance procedures, and more. Includes an annex entitled "Legislation". (more) Publication Date: Friday, August 5, 2005	Dec 13, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Peanuts, Tree Nuts, Milk, Soybeans, Eggs, Fish, Crustacea, and Wheat; Exemption from the Requirement of a Tolerance Final rule that exempts peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea, and/or wheat from the requirement of a residue tolerance when used in pesticide products under certain conditions. Includes discussion of comments received on the proposed rule. (more) Publication Date: Friday, January 7, 2005	Jan 13, 2005
	Environmental Protection Agency	Pesticides: Tolerance Exemptions for Crustacea, Eggs, Fish, Milk, Peanuts, Soybeans, Tree Nuts, and Wheat Proposed rule to establish an exemption from a residue tolerance for peanuts, tree nuts, milk, soybeans, eggs, fish, crustacea, and/or wheat under certain conditions of use in pesticide products. The final rule was published in 70 FR 1357, available through GPO Access here. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 21, 2004	Jul 22, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Pyrimethanil; Pesticide Tolerances Final rule that establishes pesticide residue tolerances for pyrimethanil and certain of its metabolites on certain commodities. Commodities affected include almond; apple, wet pomace; banana; citrus oil; fruit, citrus, group 10 (post-harvest); fruit, pome, group 11 (pre-harvest and post-harvest); fruit, stone (except cherry), group 12; grape; grape, raisin; onion, dry bulb; onion, green; pistachio; strawberry; tomato; vegetable, tuberous and corm, subgroup 1C; cattle; goat; horse; sheep; and milk. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Thursday, August 26, 2004	Aug 26, 2004
	Tarantino, Laura M.	Qualified Health Claims: Letter of Enforcement Discretion - Walnuts and Coronary Heart Disease Letter regarding a qualified health claim for walnuts and reducing the risk of coronary heart disease. Includes discussion of the scientific evaluation regarding this claim and of requirements and conditions for the claim. (more) Publication Date: Tuesday, March 9, 2004	Apr 5, 2004
	Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants (36th : 2004 : Rotterdam, The Netherlands), Codex Alimentarius Commission	Report of the 36th Session of the Codex Committee on Food Additives and Contaminants The report includes the Committee's decisions and draft documents on topics related to risk analysis, exposure assessment of contaminants and toxins, risk management of aflatoxin in peanuts and tree nuts, of lead in foods, of inorganic tin in canned foods, maximum levels of cadmium in certain grains and vegetables and of deoxynivalenol, levels for radionuclides in foods, standards for food additives, contaminants, and toxins, active chlorine, mycotoxins, and more. (more) Publication Month: April 2004	Apr 30, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Report of the Food Quality Protection Act Tolerance Reassessment and Risk Management Decision for Oryzalin; Notice of Availability and the Registration Eligibility Determination for Turf Uses This page provides access to the "Report of the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) Tolerance Reassessment Progress and Risk Management Decision (TRED) for Oryzalin," "Oryzalin HED Risk Assessment for Tolerance Reassessment Eligibility Decision (TRED)," and supporting documents. The TRED document includes tolerance reassessments for residues of oryzalin on almond, hulls; avocado; fig; fruit, citrus, group 10; fruit, pome, group 11; fruit, stone, group 12; kiwifruit; nut, tree, group 14; olive; pistachio; pomegranate; berry, group 13; cranberry; grape; strawberry; guava; and papaya. (more)	Jul 1, 2004
	Environmental Protection Agency	Spirodiclofen; Pesticide Tolerance Final rule that establishes residue tolerances for spirodiclofen in or on a variety of commodities. Includes discussion of the aggregate risk assessment and determination of safety. (more) Publication Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2005	Jul 14, 2005

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