Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Feb. 28 (country of manufacture in parentheses):
Consumer Product Safety Commission Chairman Inez Tenenbaum will not seek renomination when her term expires in October 2013, said CPSC. According to remarks at the International Consumer Product Health and Safety Organization annual meeting Feb. 28, Tenenbaum will stay on as chairman until her successor is nominated and confirmed by the Senate. CPSC posted a list of achievements during Tenenbaum’s term as chairman here in conjunction with the announcement.
The Food and Drug Administration issued orders granting exemptions for premarket notification requirements for stairway chair lift (here) and inclined/vertical platform lift devices (here), subject to certain conditions. Effective March 4, these devices may be distributed without a letter of substantial equivalence from FDA. Conditions for the exemption include appropriate analysis and testing and restraints to prevent the user from falling.
On Feb. 28 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 28 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 Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for Feb. 22-28:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for March 1:
The Court of International Trade dismissed part of a challenge to the scope exclusion on finished heat sinks in the antidumping order on aluminum extrusions from China (A-570-967) for lack of jurisdiction under the 28 USC 1581(i) residual provision, but the challenge will proceed on different grounds.
The Court of International Trade accepted a remand redetermination of the rescission of an antidumping duty new shipper review of honey from China (A-570-863), but following the court’s orders did not lead to a different result. The International Trade Administration considered the evidence it was ordered to accept in the remand, but still found that plaintiff Wuhu Fenglian Co., Ltd. and Suzhou Shanding Product Co. Ltd. did not have any bona fide sales, and confirmed its decision to rescind.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Feb. 28, 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.)