Miscellaneous International Trade Notices

1. BIS Denies Certain Export Privileges and Imposes Civil Penalty to Individual for Activities Involving Export Without License

2. BIS Denies Certain Export Privileges to Company for Activities Involving Export Without License

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued an Order based on a Settlement Agreement denying certain export privileges for a period of ten years from the date of entry of the Order to Univision Technology, Inc. for activities involving the export of microwave transistors, microwave amplifiers, and related equipment to China without the required Department of Commerce licenses, etc. (FR Pub 09/15/06 available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/06-7704.pdf)

3. EPA Orders Five Companies to Destroy Confetti String Products Containing HCFCs

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a press release announcing that it has ordered Dollar Tree, American Greetings, Inc., Dollar General, Target, and Too, Inc. to pull from their shelves cans of illegally imported confetti string products that contain banned hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), which deplete the ozone layer and increase the risk of skin cancer. More than 2.7 million cans will be incinerated under EPA's compliance orders. (EPA Press Release, dated 09/05/06, available at http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/4d84d5d9a719de8c85257018005467c2/9e1de0b03385d3f9852571e00062a93d!OpenDocument)

4. BIS Final Rule Provides Additional Guidance on DPAS Assistance Programs with Canada, Other Countries

The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has issued a final rule, effective September 20, 2006, which amends the Defense Priorities and Allocations System (DPAS) regulations to provide additional guidance on how persons in Canada and other foreign countries may apply for priority rating authority and special priorities assistance to obtain items in the U.S. The final rule also provides guidance on how persons in the U.S. may obtain informal assistance in Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, and the United Kingdom to obtain items in support of approved programs. BIS explains that these amendments do not alter the substance or effect of the DPAS regulation (15 CFR Part 700). (D/N 060831232-6232-01, FR Pub 09/20/06, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20061800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2006/pdf/E6-15447.pdf)

5. FDA Posts Various Notices to its Web Site

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted the following notices to its Web site:

4th edition of Q&A regarding establishment & maintenance of records. FDA has posted to its Web site an updated guidance for industry on Questions & Answers (Q&A) Regarding Establishment and Maintenance of Records (Edition 4). Edition 4 includes four new questions on businesses with vending machines and farming. (FDA guidance,dated 09/06, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/dms/recguid4.html)

Q&A on nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak (spinach). FDA has posted to its Web site an updated question and answer (Q&A) document on the nationwide E. coli O157:H7 outbreak. (FDA Q&A, updated 09/25/06, available at http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/dms/spinacqa.html)

FDA statement on foodborne E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in spinach. FDA has posted to its Web site an updated statement on the foodborne E. coli O157:H7 outbreak in spinach. FDA states that it will provide daily statement updates on the outbreak until further notice. The statement includes information on E. coli case reports, states affected, recalls, symptoms of the illness, etc. (FDA statement, updated 09/26/06, available at http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01466.html)