Governmental Notices: November 14th – November 20th, 2015

Attached is our update of governmental notices that may be of interest to the membership and trade. In addition to the long awaited text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Text [Lists access to text by its various Sections] among the items in this issue are links to:

APHIS’ Rule addressing Quarantine Areas: Asian Long horned Beetle in Massachusetts and New York;

CPSC’s Rule addressing Amendment to Clarify When Component Part Testing Can Be Used and Which Textile Products Have Been Determined Not to Exceed the Allowable Lead Content Limits and Proposed Rules regarding an Amendment to Clarify When Component Part Testing Can Be Used and addressing Which Textile and Products Have Been Determined Not to Exceed the Allowable Lead Content Limits Third Party Testing of Children’s Products;

CBP’s current Bulletin providing the Copyright, Trademark, and Trade Name Recordations and Comment Requests, as well as ABI messages, including CBP / FDA ACE template sheets;

CPSC and FDA Recalls and Consumer Updates;

FTC’s Rule providing amendments to the General Policy or Interpretation & Exemptions under the Fair Packaging and Labeling Act;

FDA’s Rules on Dental Devices, Medical Devices and other issues such as Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food and Proposed Rules regarding Food Labeling and Microbiology Devices, Notices addressing issues such as Determinations that Products Were Not Withdrawn from Sale for Reasons of Safety or Effectiveness, the latest Guidance document and Comment Requests, as well as upcoming Meetings;

FTZ Board current notices;

OFAC’s Notices of the Blocking and Unblocking of Persons and Properties;

ITA and ITC Notices of an International Trade Data System Test and Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews: Results, Extensions, Amendments, etc., on products such as Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People’s Republic of China, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan, as well as updates on various Complaints and Investigations;

Presidential Administrative Orders and Executive Orders;

USTR’s Notice of a Generalized System of Preferences Filing Date and a WTO Dispute Settlement Proceeding;

California’s latest 60 Day Notices on items such as, but not limited to, Vitacost Organic Cacao Nibs, Hose & Adaptors, a Truck Battery Bolt and,

Canada’s latest Recall notices.

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