The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) to consider whether it should issue a flammability standard that would address open flame ignition of bedclothes.

China’s track record intellectual property rights is under the microscope. One week remains before the U.S. Trade Representative closes the industry comment period in a sweeping examination of that country’s efforts to control piracy and enforce existing laws on copyright infringement.

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census) has issued a proposed rule that would amend the Foreign Trade Statistics Regulations (FTSR) to incorporate the requirement for reporting the Kimberley Process Certificate (KPC) number for exports/reexports of rough diamonds filed through the Automated Export System (AES) in accordance with the Clean Diamond Trade Act (Public Law (P.L.) 108-19).

The Washington File has reported that the U.S. trade deficit surged 7.7% in November 2004 to another record as the volume of oil imports went up and exports of capital goods, autos and industrial supplies dropped, reflecting weak foreign demand, according to the Department of Commerce. (Washington File Pub 01/12/05, available at http://usinfo.state.gov/xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2005&m=January&x=20050112130234ebyessedo0.6893274&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html)

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that adds a new Subpart J to 21 CFR Part 1 and a new paragraph (f) to 21 CFR 11.1 to, among other things, require the establishment and maintenance of records by certain persons (unless excepted) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold foods in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that adds a new Subpart J to 21 CFR Part 1 (Subpart J) and a new paragraph (f) to 21 CFR 11.1 to, among other things, require the establishment and maintenance of records by persons (unless excluded) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold food in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that adds a new Subpart J to 21 CFR Part 1 (Subpart J) and a new paragraph (f) to 21 CFR 11.1 to, among other things, require the establishment and maintenance of records by persons (unless excluded) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold food in the U.S.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a notice announcing that it will hold a series of domestic public meetings to discuss its final rule on the requirements for establishing and maintaining records under the Bioterrorism Act, which was published in the December 9, 2004 Federal Register.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that adds a new Subpart J to 21 CFR Part 1 (Subpart J) and a new paragraph (f) to 21 CFR 11.1 to, among other things, require the establishment and maintenance of records by certain persons (unless excluded) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold foods in the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has issued a message from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on the safety of FDA-regulated products from the Indian Ocean region, in light of the catastrophic events that occurred there.