The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a final rule to increase the user fees charged for export certification of plants and plant products, to add a new user fee for Federal export certificates obtained from a State or county cooperator, and to make several non-substantive changes to APHIS' user fee regulations for clarity.
The International Trade Commission has posted an updated version of the 2009 U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule, which is dated July 1, 2009 (Supplement 1).
The Food and Drug Administration is establishing a public docket on the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, for all interested parties to provide information and share views on the implementation of the new law.
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The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a proposed rule to establish requirements that manufacturers, including importers, of durable infant or toddler products must follow to enable consumers to register these products and be notified directly if the product is the subject of a recall or safety alert.
At a June 17, 2009 mark up of the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 (H.R. 2749), the House Energy and Commerce Committee adopted a new version of the measure as an amendment in the nature of a substitute.1
Beginning June 22, 2009, importers of FSIS-exempt food products that contain small amounts (less than 2%) of meat or poultry which comes from an animal disease country1 will not be granted a new (or renewed) APHIS import permit unless FSIS makes a determination that the meat or poultry ingredient is from an approved source2.
On June 10, 2009, the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee held a mark up of H.R. 2749, the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009 in which the Subcommittee adopted an amended version of H.R. 2749 (an amendment in the nature of a substitute).
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a notice seeking comments on revisions to its current Strategic Plan and on CPSC's agenda and priorities for fiscal year 2011, which begins October 1, 2010.
On May 27, 2009, the House Energy and Commerce Committee posted a discussion draft of comprehensive food safety legislation, called the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009.