On January 31, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Hamburg gave a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations New York Symposium, stating that there should be greater cooperation and enforcement of regulatory standards internationally due to the negative implications of globalization on food and drug safety.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration are sponsoring a public meeting on February 22, 2011 to provide information and receive public comments on agenda items and draft U.S. positions that will be discussed at the 5th Session of the Codex Committee on Contaminants in Food (CCCF) of the Codex Alimentarius Commission, which will be held in The Hague, The Netherlands, March 21--25, 2011.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission is scheduled to vote by February 16, 2011 on a petition submitted by four non-profit organizations1 requesting that CPSC regulate cadmium in toy metal jewelry.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
Commissioner Nord of the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a statement on her vote to approve a proposed civil penalty settlement for Ms. Bubbles, Inc. regarding certain children's apparel drawstring hazards. She said she voted with some reservation as she would prefer the agency to finalize its proposed "15(j)" rule on drawstrings, rather than address the risk through ad hoc enforcement.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a chart of its rules, standards and bans, listing which Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) certification requirements apply, the dates those requirements apply, and any stays of enforcement in place for these certification requirements.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated:
An investigation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission presented to Ft. Bragg military officials and families on February 10, 2011 found no evidence either of problem drywall or environmental factors linked to the deaths of three infants. This investigation confirms the results of previous analysis of Ft. Bragg homes by others, which also found no link to problem drywall.