The Environmental Protection Agency has denied a petition to initiate a rulemaking applicable to fishing tackle containing lead. In its explanation for the denial, EPA stated that the petition, filed on November 17, 2011, and denied in a letter from EPA dated February 14, 2012, failed to demonstrate that federal action is necessary, considering that: (1) wildlife exposure to lead fishing tackle has a regional context and the states where risk of injury is greatest are largely the states that have taken action to address the risks; (2) the market for fishing tackle continues to change and the prevalence of non-lead alternatives in the marketplace continues to increase; and (3) the petitioners did not provide evidence that the risk from lead fishing tackle outweighs the burden to society of potential regulations.

On February 21, 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 has issued a February 16, 2012 version of its chart listing the sample-by-sample results of its testing of imported orange juice products that may be contaminated with the fungicide carbendazim. The chart lists the (1) sample number, (2) collection date, (3) declared country of origin, (4) type of product, (5) sample result for carbendazim, (6) action, and (7) date of action. For example, the first entry for imported sample number 733806 states that the orange juice concentrate was collected on January 10, 2012, the declared country of origin was Canada, that 13 - 16 ppb was found, and that the shipment was refused entry on February 10.

On February 16, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration issued a weekly update to the trade on its sampling of imported orange juice products that may be contaminated with the fungicide carbendazim. This update is in the form of an "add on" to a February 2 addendum to a letter to the Juice Products Association.

On February 17, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On February 16, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On February 15, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On February 9, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted notice of the following recalls of imported food, drugs, animal health products, biologics, or medical devices made by U.S. firms:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for February 15, 2012 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

On February 14, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: