Product Safety — FASA Opposes California Prop 65 Lead Agency Website Proposals

FASA sent a June 15 letter opposing the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) Prop 65 website proposal. OEHHA proposes to develop and maintain a website to collect and provide information to the public concerning exposures to listed chemicals for which warnings are being provided under Prop 65.

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Product Safety — FASA Urges California to Drop Proposed Prop 65 Warning Reform

FASA signed on to a multi-association comment letter regarding the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHAA) proposed changes to Proposition 65 warning labels. FASA believes the proposal fails to reform Prop 65. Instead, the proposal would lead to increased litigation and unnecessary compliance burdens, without any increase in…

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Logistics — 26th Annual State of Logistics Report Released

The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) on June 23, released its 26th Annual “State of Logistics Report”. The report tracks and measures all costs associated with moving freight through the U.S. supply chain. The report found that U.S. business logistics costs rose 3.1% to $1.45 trillion in 2014.

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Transportation — ITC Terminates AD/CVD Case on 53-Foot Containers

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on May 19, terminated an antidumping (AD) and countervailing (CVD) duty case regarding 53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers. FASA, along with a number of other industry groups, sent a letter April 8, urging the ITC to consider the potential adverse economic impact of the case….

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