Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on July 31 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will work with Congress, other agencies and the trade to “greatly expand” the number of shipments its investigators inspect at ports in an effort to keep dangerous imports out, said new Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Elliot Kaye in a statement issued after his July 31 swearing in alongside fellow newcomer Joseph Mohorovic. Kaye also highlighted private sector cooperation, and brain injuries in youth sports as his top priorities as he begins his term.
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for July 30 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
The Food and Drug Administration intends to exempt a lengthy list of Class II and “reserved” Class I medical devices from premarket notification requirements, it said in a draft guidance issued Aug. 1 (here). The agency says the devices “are sufficiently well understood and do not present risks that require premarket notification” under Section 510(k). FDA says it will eventually issue an order in the Federal Register exempting the devices. But in the meantime, FDA says it will not enforce premarket notification requirements for the devices. Comments on the draft guidance are due Sept. 30, said FDA in a concurrent Federal Register notice (here).
On July 31 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #25 for upland cotton that will be established on Aug. 7, allowing importation of 14,741,821 kilograms (67,709 bales) of upland cotton. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Nov. 4, and entered into the U.S. by Feb. 2, 2015. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally-adjusted average rate for the period March through May, the most recent three months for which data are available.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 1:
Prince George's County, Maryland has submitted an application to the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to reorganize FTZ 63 under the Alternative Site Framework, said the FTZ Board in a Federal Register notice. Under the reorganization, the service area would cover Prince George's County. The Alternative Site Framework streamlines processes for designation of new FTZ subzones and usage driven sites within the service area by allowing companies to request zone status through the relatively simple "minor boundary modification" process. Comments on the application are due by Oct. 3.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website July 31, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the July 31 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):