On February 6, 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 issued its weekly Enforcement Report for February 1, 2012 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

The FDA's Deputy Commissioner for Foods Michael Taylor announced on February 2, 2012 that the agency is recruiting a Chief Science Officer and Research Director to help ensure that FDA has the infrastructure and resources (including expertise and funding) needed to implement the Food Safety Modernization Act's mandate to prevent problems and address risks in the supply chain.

On February 3, 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 2, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration issued a weekly update to the trade on its sampling of imported and domestic orange juice products that may be contaminated with the fungicide carbendazim. This update is in the form of an addendum to its January 9, 2012 letter to the Juice Products Association.

On February 2, 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 posted the presentation slides from its January 18, 2012 "Basics" Webinar on reporting adverse events related to cosmetics. Officials from FDA's Office of Cosmetics and Colors provided information on how FDA regulates cosmetics and monitors their safety, ways to reduce risks to consumers, how to report a bad reaction to a cosmetic, and how this information helps FDA in its public health mission. They also covered the steps consumers can take to minimize the chances of having a bad reaction to a cosmetic.

On February 1, 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 final rule to amend certain of its general regulations to include tobacco products, where appropriate, in light of FDA's authority to regulate these products under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. With these amendments, which are effective April 2, 2012, tobacco products are subject to the same general requirements that apply to other FDA-regulated products.

The Environmental Protection Agency is reopening the comment period until March 17, 2012 for its December 28, 2011 proposed rule for significant new use rules (SNURs) under Section 5(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for 17 chemical substances which were the subject of premanufacture notices. This action would require persons who intend to manufacture, import, or process any of these 17 chemical substances for an activity that is designated as a significant new use by this proposed rule to notify EPA at least 90 days before commencing that activity. The required notification would provide EPA with the opportunity to evaluate the intended use and, if necessary, to prohibit or limit that activity before it occurs.