ZIP International Group of New York is recalling dry salted fish because the product was found to be uneviscerated and may be contaminated with Clostridium botulinum. The recalled product, dry salted fish (bream) imported from Russia, was distributed by East Coast Foods, also of New York, to retail stores and wholesalers in September 2012. It is packaged in sealed packaging labeled "Astrakhansky Lesh" (Dry Salted Fish Eviscerated) weight 14.2oz. Bar Code 835856001228 is located on the top right corner of the package.
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg lauded a new Institute of Medicine report on “Countering the Problem of Falsified and Substandard Drugs” for its “thorough discussion and recommendations.” IOM’s report identifies causes and public health consequences of substandard and falsified drugs and recommends strategies to address the problem.
On Feb. 14 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service revised export requirements and plant lists for the following countries for Feb. 8-14:
The International Trade Administration issued a final rule adopting its proposal to extend until 2017 its program to monitor and require permits from importers of steel products. Under the program, steel import licenses, issued through the online SIMA licensing system, are required by CBP for filing entry paperwork for imports of certain steel mill products into the U.S. Import data collected through the issuance of the licenses are aggregated weekly and posted on the publicly available Steel Mill Import Monitor.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Feb. 14, 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 Feb. 14 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 Feb. 14 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 issued the final results of the 2009-10 antidumping duty administrative review of diamond sawblades and parts thereof from China (A-570-900), finding AD rates of de minimis to 9.55 percent and rescinding the review for one company.1 The final results come over a year after the ITA's Dec. 6, 2011, preliminary results because the ITA was investigating fraud allegations that could have resulted in unreliable data for Chinese companies. A court challenge was even filed, and subsequently dismissed, seeking to make the ITA issue the final results (see ITT's Online Archives 12121003 for summary). In the end, the ITA found that the data in question was untainted by the fraud, and reliable. The new rates are effective Feb. 15, and will be implemented by CBP soon.
The International Trade Administration issued an antidumping duty order on utility scale wind towers from Vietnam (A-570-981). The ITA revised its calculations of AD rates, causing them to increase slightly. Because the International Trade Commission did not find that injury to U.S. industry would have occurred if not for suspension of liquidation after the preliminary determination, the ITA will not assess AD duties on subject merchandise entered between the Aug. 2 preliminary determination and the Feb. 13 ITC injury determination, and will refund cash deposits collected during that period.