FSIS has issued the following notice:
The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a press release announcing that it has added more than 6,300 chemicals and 3,800 chemical facilities regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act to its public database called Envirofacts.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message on the recently posted Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service notice requiring plant material quantities to be reported on the Lacey Act declaration using standardized metric units (such as kg, m, m2, and m3) effective May 1, 2010.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued its proposed “15 Month Rule1” on Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act of 2008 (CPSIA) testing and labeling for product certification, one of the agency’s most important CPSIA rulemakings. The proposed rule would create a new 16 CFR Part 1107 to establish requirements for:
On May 13, 2010, APHIS updated its Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Treatment Manual. This Manual serves as an operational guide for selecting and conducting quarantine treatments. The procedures and treatment schedules in this manual are administratively authorized for use by APHIS to prevent the movement of agricultural pests into or within the United States. Listed treatments include chemical treatments such as fumigation with methyl bromide, and nonchemical treatments with heat, cold, or irradiation. (Manual, updated 05/13/10, available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/treatment.shtml)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
U.S. and Chinese officials will meet in Beijing during May 25 - 26, 2010 for the second meeting of the Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
The International Trade Administration frequently issues notices on antidumping and countervailing duty orders, investigations, etc. which Broker Power considers to be "minor” in importance as they concern actions that occur after an order is issued, neither announce nor cause any changes to an order’s duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective period, etc.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised version of the following Import Alert on the detention without physical examination of: