CBP issued a withhold release order on disposable gloves “produced in Malaysia by a group of companies collectively known as Smart Glove," the agency said in a news release Nov. 4. The “group of companies includes Smart Glove Corporation Sdn Bhd, GX Corporation Sdn Bhd, GX3 Specialty Plant, Sigma Glove Industries, and Platinum Glove Industries Sdn Bhd.” Smart Glove was one of several Malaysian companies named in recent forced labor allegations from Andy Hall, a British human rights activist (see 2105240022).
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The National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America remains supportive of CBP's efforts to impose new continuing education requirements for customs brokers (see 2109090030), but requested some changes from the proposed rule in recently submitted comments. The NCBFAA would like to see CBP include provisions for recognizing 30-minute trainings as the smallest unit of continuing education training credits (half credits) and for full credits to include time to allow for breaks. It also said it agreed with CBP's change to 36 hours of education every three years, from 40 hours.
The State Department’s Directorate of Defense Trade Controls is seeking public comments on six proposed information collections related to defense exports, according to a notice released Oct. 28. Comments are due Dec. 1. The information collections are:
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A product line of drug tests falls outside the meaning of “drug paraphernalia” and can be imported into the U.S., CBP said in an Oct. 18 ruling. Kappa City Biotech, a French company that makes the tests, asked CBP to rule on whether its urine, saliva and “forensic” tests are prohibited from import as drug paraphernalia.