Department of Health and Human Services November 4, 2024 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA or we) is extending the comment period for a draft guidance for industry entitled "Voluntary Sodium Reduction Goals: Target Mean and Upper Bound Concentrations for Sodium in Commercially Processed, Packaged, and Prepared Foods (Edition 2)." The draft guidance, when finalized, will describe our views on the next voluntary goals (Phase II (3-year)) for sodium reduction in a variety of identified categories of foods that are commercially processed, packaged, or prepared. These goals are intended to address the excessive intake of sodium in the current population to help reduce the burden of diet-related chronic disease, promote improvements in public health, and advance health equity by supporting a healthier food supply. The Agency is taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a proposed and/or continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled World Trade Center (WTC) Health Program Enrollment, Appeals & Reimbursement. The WTC Health Program is a Federal limited benefit health care program providing medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible firefighters and related personnel, law enforcement officers, and rescue, recovery, and cleanup workers who responded to the September 11, 2001, attacks in New York City, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania (responders), and to eligible persons who were present in the dust or dust cloud on September 11, 2001, or who worked, resided, or attended school, childcare, or adult daycare in the New York City disaster area (survivors).

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other Federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed information collection project titled ATSDR Exposure Investigations (EIs). ATSDR EIs are deigned to fill data gaps by conducting environmental and biological sampling and to evaluate public health issues at a site resulting from environmental exposures.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is announcing the availability of a final guidance for FDA staff entitled "Sec. 540.525 Scombrotoxin (Histamine)-forming Fish and Fishery ProductsDecomposition and Histamine (CPG 7108.24) Compliance Policy Guide." This compliance policy guide (CPG) is intended to provide FDA staff guidance on adulteration associated with decomposition and/or histamine identified during surveillance sampling and testing of fish and fishery products susceptible to histamine formation.