On Feb. 27 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of Feb. 18-24, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Feb. 27 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
The Food and Drug Administration issued its international food safety capacity-building plan, as required by the Food Safety Modernization Act. FSMA requires FDA to develop a plan to expand technical, scientific, and regulatory food safety capacity of foreign governments and food industries in countries that export food to the U.S.
On Feb. 27 the Foreign Agricultural Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Feb. 27 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 Agricultural Marketing Service’s National Organic Program said three guidance and instruction documents are now available for use by certififying agents and certified operations. The documents include “The Use of Kelp in Organic Livestock Feed”; “Responding to Results from Pesticide Residue Testing”; "Seeds, Annual Seedlings, and Planting Stock in Organic Crop Production”; and “Evaluating Allowed Ingredients and Sources of Vitamins and Minerals for Organic Livestock Feed.” The guidance documents are here, and are effective March 4.
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Feb. 28:
The Court of International Trade dismissed for lack of jurisdiction Sunshine International Trading’s challenge of CBP’s refusal of an entry of women’s apparel. Sunshine said the refusal was a protestable exclusion, and the company’s argument was bolstered by CBP’s mistaken denial, rather than rejection, of the subsequent protest. But CIT ruled that the refusal wasn’t a protestable final action, so the case couldn’t be tried under 28 USC 1581(a) denied protest jurisdiction. Sunshine’s valuation challenge was also dismissed because valuation can only be protested after liquidation, and the court found an error in the dates listed on the entry rejection to be an irrelevant clerical error.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the International Trade Administration posted to CBP's website Feb. 27, 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.)