The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a notice and press release announcing that it is further delaying the March 1, 2007 effective date for the collection of agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) user fees for commercial trucks and railroad cars entering the U.S. from Canada until June 1, 2007.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice partially reopening the comment period until March 23, 2007 on its and the Centers for Disease Control's (CDC's) interim final rule on the capture, transport, sale, barter, exchange, distribution, and release of African rodents, prairie dogs, and certain other animals, which was published in the November 4, 2003 Federal Register.
Piracy “infects” key markets and many nations are loath to administer a cure, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) told the USTR. Russia and China again topped IIPA’s list of pirate-friendly countries, as USTR prepares its annual Special 301 review of piracy and market access problems around the world.
Piracy “infects” key markets and many nations are loath to administer a cure, the International Intellectual Property Alliance (IIPA) told the USTR. Russia and China again topped IIPA’s list of pirate-friendly countries, as USTR prepares its annual Special 301 review of piracy and market access problems around the world.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a proposed rule that would amend 9 CFR Parts 93, 94, 95 and 96 on the importation into the U.S. of live bovines and products from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) minimal risk regions (BSE-risk) (currently only Canada).
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a proposed rule that would add a new section 101.91 to 21 CFR in order to define the term "gluten-free" for voluntary use in the labeling of foods. FDA has also issued a "Questions and Answers" document on the proposed rule.
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has issued a notice requesting further comments in connection with its plans to conduct a Special 301 Provincial Review (SPR) of intellectual property rights (IPR) protection in China.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a proposed rule that would amend 16 CFR Part 1211, Safety Standards for Automatic Residential Garage Door Operators, to reflect the revised garage door entrapment provisions of Underwriter Laboratories, Inc. (UL) standard UL 325.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued a final rule that requires manufacturers to label portable generators with carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning warning labels which contain performance and technical data related to performance and safety.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice extending the comment period for its October 25, 2006 Federal Register notice which sought public comments and scheduled a public hearing for December 5, 2006 on the regulation of certain conventional foods that companies are marketing as "functional foods."