The International Trade Administration issued an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on certain stilbenic optical brightening agents from Taiwan (A-583-848), which among other things amends the rate for the sole respondent and the All Others rate. The order also details a "gap period" of May 2 - May 7 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective May 8, 2012, and is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on certain stilbenic optical brightening agents from China (A-570-972), which among other things amends the rate for two respondents and the China-wide entity. The order also details a "gap period" of May 2 - May 7 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective May 8, 2012, and is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
The International Trade Administration issued an amended final determination and antidumping duty order on certain steel nails from the United Arab Emirates (A-520-804), which among other things amends the rates for two respondents and the all other rates. The order also details a "gap period" of May 2 - May 7 of no AD duty liability due to the expiration of the provisional measures period. This order is effective May 8, 2012, and is expected to be implemented by U.S. Customs and Border Protection soon.
On May 9, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for May 9, 2012, that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Moon Fishery (India) Pvt. Ltd. is recalling its 22-pound cases of "Tuna Strips" Product of India AA or AAA GRADE because they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, the Food and Drug Administration said. FDA said Moon India became aware of the problem after the FDA sampled tuna strips from a lot not yet in distribution. However, as a cautionary measure, Moon India agreed to recall tuna strips that were already distributed, none of which is from the suspect lot sampled by FDA. Distribution of these AA or AAA Grade Tuna Strips Product of India is limited to 4 wholesalers: one in Georgia, one in Massachusetts, one in New Jersey and one in New York.
On May 9, 2012, the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails May 9, 2012 announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service said comments are due by May 14, 2012 by non-U.S. participants of a Codex physical working group on a draft revision of Principles for the Establishment and Application of Microbiological Criteria for Foods (CAC/GL 21-1997) which was prepared by the co-chairs of the physical working group that will meet in Parma, Italy, May 29-June 1, 2012. U.S. comments were due by May 9.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for May 10, 2012: