The Food and Drug Administration may refuse admission of imports of pharmaceuticals from Canada-based CMI Cosmetic Manufacturers, the agency said in a warning letter dated April 25. According to the letter, a recent FDA inspection found violations of current good manufacturing practice requirements at the Concord, Ontario facility. The company also failed to register with FDA, but still offered its pharmaceuticals for import into the U.S., the agency said.
The Food and Drug Administration is proposing to reclassify ultraviolet tanning lamps from class I to class II. The reclassification would make the tanning lamps subject to premarket notification, and would designate special controls the agency deemed necessary for safe use. FDA would also change the name of the products from “ultraviolet lamps for tanning” to “sunlamp products.” Comments on the reclassification, which is being proposed on FDA’s own initiative, are due by Aug. 7.
The Food and Drug Administration posted transcripts and archived webcasts of its meeting on the Food Safety Modernization Act proposed rules on product safety and preventative controls in human food, held in Washington, D.C., Feb. 28-March 1. FDA already posted presentations from the session (see 13031417).At the meeting, FDA officials discussed the proposals, asked for comments, and responded to questions on the rules. FDA also held meetings in Chicago and Portland on the food safety rules (see 13020627).
On May 7, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 7 to 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.
Riddell appealed a Court of International Trade decision that the company’s football pants, jerseys, and girdles are correctly classified for tariff purposes as apparel, and not sports equipment. The football uniform components were imported without pads, and as goods are classified in their condition as imported, they did not qualify as sports protective equipment, CIT had said (see 13032221).
Mueller Comercial appealed a Court of International Trade ruling that affirmed the Commerce Department’s decision to partially apply adverse facts available (AFA) to determine Mueller’s antidumping duty rate, despite Mueller’s full cooperation in the 2008-09 AD administrative review on circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico (A-201-805). Commerce had used AFA on incomplete cost data needed from one of Mueller’s suppliers. CIT said that the uncooperative supplier would have benefited from a lower AD rate without the partial application of AFA, so use of AFA was justified, despite the fact that Mueller cooperated. Despite ruling in December (see 12122604), the court didn’t enter judgment until May 2.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website May 7, 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 addcvd.cbp.gov. (CBP occasionally adds backdated messages without otherwise indicating which message was added. ITT will include a message date in parentheses in such cases.)
Bracewell & Giuliani hired Anne Northrup, previously commissioner on the Consumer Product Safety Commission, to work in the firm’s Policy Resolution Group in Washington, D.C. Northup was a five-term member of the House of Representatives 1997-2006, representing the Kentucky 3rd District.
Sunoco Logistics Partners and Lone Star NGL said they have signed long-term fee agreements with Shell Trading US Company to move forward with a liquefied petroleum gas export/import project. Sunoco Logistics is an affiliate of Energy Transfer Partners, while Lone Star is a joint venture between ETP and Regency Energy Partners. The Mariner South project will integrate Sunoco Logistics’ existing Nederland Marine Terminal and pipeline from Mont Belvieu, Texas to Nederland, Texas, with Lone Star’s Mont Belvieu fractionation and storage facilities, the companies said in a press release.