A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website March 1, 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.)
“With FDA positioned to commence the rulemaking process requiring additional records for high-risk foods, the food industry is anxiously awaiting direction from the Agency regarding the expectations of a product tracing system,” said the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) in a report on the product tracing pilot programs it conducted for the Food and Drug Administration. The pilot programs began in September 2011, and included companies involved in supply chains for frozen and dry Kung Pao chicken, as well as fresh tomatoes. According to the report, the pilot participants appeared to have in place many of the tools necessary to capture and submit data required for product tracing, although inconsistencies in the data often delayed interpretation by IFT.
Mexico's Diario Oficial of March 1, lists notices from the Secretary of the Economy as follows:
The International Trade Commission is publishing notices in the March 1 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 1 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 a package of documents that companies must submit for its recently initiated antidumping duty administrative review on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-890). Included in the package are filing instructions, certificates of service and accuracy, the quantity and value questionnaire, the separate rate application, and an additional questionnaire for companies requesting separate rate status. Each document is accompanied by instructions for completion.
Esselte’s lined stone paper is within the scope of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products from China (A-570-901), said the International Trade Administration in a final scope ruling. No parties submitted comments after the preliminary determination, so the ITA finalized its preliminary affirmative scope determination.
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.