On Aug. 15 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 threatened two seafood importers with import refusal for violations of seafood hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) requirements, in two warning letters sent in late July. FDA said New York-based Taiyo Seafood NY ready-to-eat tuna and frozen vacuumed packed tuna Ahi products are adulterated because the company didn’t adequately monitor sanitation at its facility and did not verify that its imported tuna complied with HACCP regulations (here). The agency sent a another letter to Wang Globalnet of Vernon, California, that said the company failed to verify its imported dried anchovy product complied with HACCP rules (here). Wang also failed to renew its registration by the applicable deadline, said FDA. The agency told both companies that it may place affected products on import alert and refuse them entry. FDA also said it may collect fees form each company to cover the cost of any reinspection to verify compliance.
On Aug. 15 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Foreign Trade Zones Board issued the following notices for Aug. 18:
A listing of recent antidumping and countervailing duty messages from the Commerce Department posted to CBP's website Aug. 15, 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. 15 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. 15 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 intends to end antidumping duties on wooden bedroom furniture from China (A-570-870) for “murphy” enclosable wall bed units, it said in the preliminary results of a changed circumstances review. The agency says it got no response from domestic furniture makers to its request for comments on whether the industry supports the partial revocation (see 14050116). Commerce will move forward unless it gets comments in opposition to its preliminary results. The final results of this changed circumstances review are due in January.
Consumer Product Safety Commission announced on Aug. 14 the following voluntary recalls of imported products:
On Aug. 14 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: