The Food and Drug Administration may place products from Canadian seafood processor Sambro Fisheries on detention without physical examination, effectively refusing imports from the company for violations of seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point regulations, it said in a warning letter. The company’s HACCP plan doesn’t list hazardous allergens for its tuna, marlin, and mahi-mahi, nor does it define a critical control point of refrigerated storage to control scombrotoxin formation. If the company doesn’t respond in 15 days from receipt of the letter, or FDA deems its response inadequate, FDA may refuse admission.
On March 19 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes March 19 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.
Prompter People and Flolight, two respondents in the International Trade Commission’s Section 337 investigation of LED photograpgic lighting devices (337-TA-804), appealed the ITC’s final determinations on remedy and bond March 19, according to a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit docketing notice. The ITC issued a general exclusion order in January, blocking imports of covered products that infringe patents held by Litepanels (see 11090117). The ITC also set bond at 43 percent during the 60-day Presidential review period.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website March 19, 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.)
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the March 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will appear in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration published notices in the March 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The International Trade Administration posted to its website the final results of the antidumping duty administrative review and new shipper reviews of frozen fish fillets from Vietnam (A-552-801). The new shipper reviews covered three companies: An Phu Seafood, Docifish, and An Phat Import-Export Seafood / Godaco Seafood. Two companies requested company-specific revocation -- Vinh Hoan and QVD Food Company -- but the ITA declined to revoke because neither company received three consecutive zero or de minimis AD rates. The effective date of the AD cash deposit rates calculated in these final results will be the date of publication in the Federal Register, which is as yet unknown.
The Environmental Protection Agency issued a final rule setting tolerances for the pesticide amitraz in honey and honey comb. The tolerances are effective March 20. Objections to the tolerances are due May 20.
On March 18 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: