The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking as it considers whether the risks of injury and death associated with Recreational Off-Highway Vehicles (ROVs) are unreasonable and necessitate a rulemaking.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced that it will be holding a second public meeting to discuss the agricultural quarantine and inspection user fee increases scheduled to go into effect on November 1, 2009.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has posted a draft agenda for the U.S.-China Consumer Product Safety Summit to take place October 21-26, 2009 in China.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has updated and expanded its frequently asked question document on its interim final rule that amended 19 CFR effective January 26, 2009, to require Security Filing (SF) information from importers and additional information from carriers (10+2) for vessel (maritime) cargo before it is brought into the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted a draft guidance document for manufacturers, retailers, importers, and FDA staff on the scope of the recent prohibition against marketing a tobacco product in combination with another article or product regulated under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) such as drugs, biologics, food, cosmetics, medical devices, and dietary supplements.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has issued a notice requesting written comments on its Special 301 out-of-cycle reviews (OCR) of Fiji, Israel, the Philippines, Poland, and Saudi Arabia regarding intellectual property protection.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is delaying for 30 days the recently announced 10-14% increase in fiscal year 2010 user fees for agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services provided in connection with certain commercial vessels, commercial trucks, commercial railroad cars, commercial aircraft, and international airline passengers arriving at ports in the customs territory of the U.S.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission will hold a meeting open to the public on October 7, 2009 in Bethesda, MD which will cover the following:
The Food and Drug Administration is extending the comment period on the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, for which it has established a public docket for all interested parties to provide information and share views.