# Weekly digest of new FDA and USDA food and drug rules

**Use case:** 

Every new final and proposed rule from the FDA, USDA food agencies (FSIS, AMS, APHIS), DEA and CMS published in the Federal Register in the last week, with comment deadlines, effective dates, dockets and links. Schedule it weekly with 'Only new since the last run' turned on for a clean digest, or swap in your own industries.

## Input

```json
{
  "industries": [
    "food",
    "pharma-medical-devices"
  ],
  "agencies": [],
  "keywords": [],
  "documentTypes": [
    "RULE",
    "PRORULE"
  ],
  "daysBack": 7,
  "onlyNew": false,
  "commentPeriodOpenOnly": false,
  "significantOnly": false,
  "includeCorrections": true,
  "includeUpcoming": false,
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": false
  }
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "publicationDate": {
    "label": "Publication date"
  },
  "status": {
    "label": "Status"
  },
  "documentType": {
    "label": "Document type"
  },
  "agencies": {
    "label": "Agencies"
  },
  "title": {
    "label": "Title"
  },
  "action": {
    "label": "Action"
  },
  "effectiveDate": {
    "label": "Effective date"
  },
  "commentsCloseOn": {
    "label": "Comments close on"
  },
  "daysUntilCommentDeadline": {
    "label": "Days to comment",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "significant": {
    "label": "Significant",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Link",
    "format": "link"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The US Regulatory Change Digest Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Weekly digest of new FDA and USDA food and drug rules". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/KUzE6bDcz7MyhadMQ) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Weekly digest of new FDA and USDA food and drug rules" task

The US Regulatory Change Digest Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like industries, agencies, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Weekly digest of new FDA and USDA food and drug rules" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as publication date, status, document type, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Weekly digest of new FDA and USDA food and drug rules" task via API](https://apify.com/weirworks/regulatory-change-digest.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [US Regulatory Change Digest](https://apify.com/weirworks/regulatory-change-digest.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/weirworks/regulatory-change-digest.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/weirworks/regulatory-change-digest.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).