The Environmental Protection Agency and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have issued a proposed rule to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel economy for light-duty vehicles for model years 2017--2025. This proposal extends the National Program beyond the greenhouse gas and corporate average fuel economy standards set for model years 2012--2016. NHTSA is proposing Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as amended by the Energy Independence and Security Act, and EPA is proposing greenhouse gas emissions standards under the Clean Air Act. These standards would apply to passenger cars, light duty trucks, and medium-duty passenger vehicles built in the 2017-2025 model years. Comments are due by January 30, 2012.
On December 6, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On December 5, 2011, 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 reports that on December 1, 2011, U.S. Marshals seized at its request all dietary supplements by a Wisconsin maker for false claims made about their safety and effectiveness in treating diseases such as asthma, cardiovascular disease, cataracts, glaucoma and infections. The products are not FDA-approved as safe and effective for treating any diseases. According to the complaint, the company also failed to follow the current good manufacturing practice (cGMP) requirements for dietary supplements, as required by federal law.
The Food and Drug Administration reports that the Device Registration and Listing Module (DRLM) of the electronic registration and listing system (FURLS) was unavailable from 4:00 PM EST on Friday, December 2, 2011 until 8:00 AM EST on Sunday, December 4, 2011 due to required maintenance.
On December 2, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On December 1, 2011, 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 a video on current issues in safety and labeling of cosmetics, which covers U.S. laws and regulations affecting cosmetics, its enforcement and monitoring efforts, and its work with international partners on cosmetics.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing that the Food and Drug Administration's MARCS/OASIS import system will be down for maintenance on Saturday December 3, 2011, starting at approximately 2:30 a.m., and is not anticipated to be back up until 11:30 a.m. EST. As a result, FDA will be operating under the Prior Notice scenario 2 contingency. During the periods when OASIS/MARCS is down ACS, PNSI and the link between ACS and OASIS will be operational. However, the OASIS downtime will prevent submitters who filed via ABI from receiving prior notice confirmation and would prevent CBP from auto-checking the prior notice confirmation for ABI filers.
The Food and Drug Administration has submitted a proposed rule to the Office of Management and Budget that would establish regulations concerning the content of foreign supplier verification programs. The regulations would require that each importer have a foreign supplier verification program that is adequate to provide assurances that each foreign supplier produces food in compliance with: (1) processes and procedures that provide the same level of public health protection as those required under section 418 (concerning hazard analysis and risk-based preventative controls) or section 419 (concerning produce safety standards) of the Food Drug and Cosmetic (FD&C) Act; and (2) sections 402 (concerning adulteration) and 403(w) (concerning major food allergens) of the FD&C Act.