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.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued an interim final rule, effective October 1, 2009, which raises 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.
Senate's Customs Reauthorization Bill Would Allow $325 Million in MPF Collections for ACE/ITDS, Etc.
On August 6, 2009, Senate Finance Committee leaders Baucus (D) and Grassley (R) introduced the "Customs Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Reauthorization Act of 2009" (S.1631).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued notices of its provisional acceptance of settlement agreements and orders containing civil penalties against K.S. Trading Corporation and Maran, Inc. for their alleged failure to immediately report drawstrings in certain children's sweatshirts/jackets.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued notices of its provisional acceptance of settlement agreements and orders containing civil penalties against Kohl's Department Stores and Hill Sportswear for failure to report drawstrings in children's sweatshirts as they represent a defect which could create a substantial product hazard, etc.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice of its provisional acceptance of a settlement agreement and an order containing a civil penalty against TGH International Trading, Inc. for allegedly violating the Federal Hazardous Substances Act (FHSA).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has revised its enforcement phase-in schedule for the Lacey Act declaration requirement for imported plants and plant products.