Two Israeli citizens pleaded guilty and were sentenced for smuggling counterfeit and misbranded pharmaceuticals into the U.S., including the erectile dysfunction drug marketed as Cialis, according to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Two Baltimore warehouse owners pleaded guilty to conspiring to transport stolen nickel briquettes stored next to their warehouse, which had been imported through the Port of Baltimore, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). Gregg Lee Purbaugh, 50, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty Monday and his business partner, Kenneth Trainum, 44, also of Baltimore, pleaded guilty April 20. Purbaugh and Trainum, owners of Bear Creek Warehouse Company, each face a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
The Bureau of Industry and Security issued a Temporary Denial Order (TDO) against Sayegh Group Aviation; Aban Air; Sam Air Corporation Limited; Aviation Legacy (Gambia) Limited; Abdullah Khaled Ramadan; Ali Mahdavi; and Mahmoud Khali Hamze (aka Mahmoud Khalil aka Mahmoud Hamza Khalil), temporarily denying their export privileges for 180 days.for reexport or intended reexport of three U.S.-origin Boeing 747 planes to Iran.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's Web site as of April 20, 2012, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching on the listed CBP message number at http://addcvd.cbp.gov.
On April 23, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of April 16 through April 22, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued a report titled “Advances in FDA’s Safety Program for Marketed Drugs”, which describes the actions that the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) has taken in recent years to enhance the quality, accountability, and timeliness of its postmarket drug safety decisions. The FDA also issued a companion report, “Regulatory Science in Action: Enhancing Drug Safety & Manufacturing Quality at FDA with Research”, which includes, among other things, a section on recent developments in import screening.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 24, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for April 23, 2012:
The Food and Drug Administration’s Foods and Veterinary Medicine Program issued the final version its 2012-2016 Strategic Plan, which identifies key goals and objectives to advance food safety, nutrition, and animal health. The Plan includes 7 program goals, including the establishment of science-based preventative control standards, high rates of compliance both domestically and internationally, improved detection of and response to foodborne outbreaks, etc.