On May 10-12 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 10, the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes May 10 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.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for May 13:
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board approved a request from the Port of San Francisco to expand FTZ No. 3’s service area to include several neighboring counties. The zone previously serviced only San Francisco and San Mateo Counties, but now also includes Contra Costa, Martin and Solano Counties. Portions of Sonoma and Napa Counties are now serviced as well.
The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements issued interim procedures it will follow in implementing short supply provisions of the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement (PATPA). Under those provisions, CITA will consider requests to modify the list of fibers, yarns, or fabrics not available in commercial quantities in a timely manner in the U.S. A textile or apparel good imported into the U.S. containing such listed fibers, yarns, or fabrics will be treated as if it is an originating good for purposes of PATPA rules of origin, regardless of the actual origin of those inputs.
The Commerce Department issued the preliminary results of its antidumping duty administrative review on frontseating service valves from China (A-570-933). The agency preliminarily found that Zhejiang DunAn Hetian Metal Co., Ltd. had no reviewable transactions during the period of review. The other reviewed company, Sanhua, was assigned a preliminary AD rate. These preliminary results are not in effect. Commerce may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls May 9 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
The Environmental Protection Agency is revoking certain testing requirements for the High Production Volume (HPV) chemical substance benzenesulfonic acid, also known as C.I. Pigment Blue 61. According to EPA, studies have shown that testing is no longer needed for biodegradation, mammalian acute toxicity, bacterial reverse mutation, and chromosomal damage, among other things. Other testing requirements remain in effect, and export notifications under Toxic Substances Control Act Section 12(b) will still be required. The final rule is effective June 12.
On May 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: