Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Aug. 19 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:
On Aug. 19 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Aug. 19 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
Canada will continue to conduct seed potato tuber inspections and certifications for all seed potato shipments to the U.S. until an alternative process for certification can be implemented by the U.S. and Canada, said the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in a notice emailed to industry on Aug. 19. In a letter sent earlier this month (here), the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said continuing inspections and certifications “will ensure that exported Canadian seed potatoes are fully compliant with importing countries’ requirements, including all U.S. federal and state phytosanitary import requirements. CFIA has been conducting all seed potato inspection and certification activities since January 2014, when it discontinued an industry audit-based system in response to U.S. concerns, said APHIS.
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 19, 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 http://adcvd.cbp.dhs.gov/adcvdweb.
The International Trade Commission published notices in the Aug. 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV injury, Section 337 patent, and other trade proceedings (any notices that warrant a more detailed summary will be in another ITT article):
The Commerce Department published notices in the Aug. 19 Federal Register on the following AD/CV duty 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 Commerce Department is beginning a changed circumstances review on polyester staple fiber from South Korea (A-580-839) to determine whether Toray Chemical Korea Inc. is the successor to Woongjin Chemical Co., Ltd. for the purposes of antidumping duties. If Commerce finds Toray operates as the same business entity as Woongjin, then Toray will be assigned Woongjin’s AD duty cash deposit rate of 2.13%. The final results of the changed circumstances review are due in May 2015.
On Aug. 18 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 Aug. 11-17, 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: