The Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that the Codex Executive Committee met in Rome July 26-29, and took the following actions:
The Federal Maritime Commission has issued a notice of revocation of the following ocean transportation intermediary (OTI) licenses.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 27 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration removed three products from the scope of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Japan (A-588-833) in the final results of its changed circumstances review. The partial revocation was pursuant to a request by U.S. importer of subject merchandise Suruga USA Corp. that the ITA revoke, in part, the AD order with respect to three types of stainless steel bar that are subject to the AD order (one Grade 304 product and two Grade 440C products). Therefore, the ITA will instruct CBP to end the suspension of liquidation for the three products and release any cash deposit or bond collected on entries of these products, effective Feb. 1, 2010. The ITA also modified the language of the scope of this order to reflect this partial revocation.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of June 20, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) will meet in Rome, Italy, July 2-7, said the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The core of the agenda is consideration of proposed amendments to the Procedural Manual, the adoption of 23 new or revised standards (or groups of standards) proposed by 12 committees (along with the revocation of existing standards that are being superseded by any newly adopted standards), and the consideration of proposals for new work or the discontinuation of work proposed by committees, said FSIS. Agendas and documents that will be under consideration for both committees are available here.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said the U.S. is leading a working group on the establishment of Codex Committee on Food Hygiene (CCFH) work priorities, and has invited member governments to propose new work for consideration by the working group, including the possible revision and/or revocation of existing codes of practice. Comments should be sent to Jenny Scott, senior advisor, Office of Food Safety, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (jenny.scott@fda.hhs.gov), and to Barbara McNiff, senior advisor, U.S. Codex Office (Barbara.McNiff@fsis.usda.gov), with a copy to the Codex Secretariat (codex@fao.org) by September 7.
In the May 30, 2012 issue of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Bulletin (Vol. 46, No. 24), CBP published a notice that proposes to modify rulings and similar treatment regarding the tariff treatment of recovered refrigerant gas.
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 6 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration published notices in the June 5 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):