The Bureau of Industry and Security is requesting comments by June 15, 2012, on a proposed extension of its information collection on the reporting of transfers of schedule 1 and schedule 3 chemicals, pursuant to the Chemical Weapons Convention.
On April 13, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for April 11, 2012 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Moon Marine USA Corporation (also known as MMI) of Cupertino, CA is voluntarily recalling 58,828 lbs of a frozen raw yellowfin tuna product, labeled as Nakaochi Scrape AA or AAA, according to the Food and Drug Administration. Nakaochi Scrape is tuna backmeat, which is specifically scraped off from the bones, and looks like a ground product. The Nakaochi Scrape AA and AAA from MMI was sold through distributors to restaurants and grocery stores that make sushi, and has been linked to an outbreak of Salmonella Bareilly, which has caused 116 illnesses in 20 states and the District of Columbia to date. Of the reported illnesses, there have been 12 hospitalizations, and no deaths.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of April 16, 2012, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The 15th round of negotiations for the Japan-Australia Economic Partnership Agreement (similar to a free trade agreement) will be in Canberra, Australia, April 23-27, Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said. Among the issues that will be discussed are trade in goods and services, investment, rules of origin, and food supply.
The APEC Conference on Innovation and Trade was held in Singapore from April 4 to 5 under the leadership of Japan, reports Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. At this conference, participants, including government officials, entrepreneurs, investors, large companies and researchers, discussed, among other things, roles of the governments, business environments, social infrastructures, such as information and communications technology (ICT), human resource development (entrepreneur education), and advancing a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP). These results will be reported to the leaders at the APEC Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Trade in June 2012 and other meetings.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board is issuing the following notices for April 16, 2012:
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announced a hearing on April 19, 2012, in Washington, D.C. This hearing, the USCC's fourth during its 2012 report cycle to collect input from academic, industry, and government experts on national security implications of the U.S. bilateral trade and economic relationship with China, will examine the economic, security, and foreign policy aspects of the China-Europe relationship, and their implications for the U.S. Written statements are due from interested parties by April 18, 2012. Reservations are not required to attend the hearing.
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the April 16, 2012, 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):