The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Bureau of Industry and Security has sent for approval to the Office of Management and Budget a final rule that would revise the EAR to expand the scope of controls over foreign-produced items that are the direct product of U.S.-origin technology, colloquially is known as the "direct product rule" among other things.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has released the names of the Chinese drywall manufacturers whose drywall emitted high levels of hydrogen sulfide in testing conducted for the agency by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). CPSC states that there is a strong association between hydrogen sulfide and metal corrosion.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of its antidumping duty administrative review of hand trucks and parts thereof from China (A-570-822) for the period of December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
In a report to Congressional requestors, the Government Accountability Office found that the Food and Drug Agency has begun to take action to address weaknesses in its food safety scientific research and risk analysis, but that gaps remain which hamper its oversight.
The U.S. and China have concluded their second meeting of the U.S. and China Strategic and Economic Dialogue, which occurred on May 24-25, 2010 in Beijing.
Broker Power is now issuing weekly summary reports highlighting the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels1 from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” BP’s weekly report also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”