Prop 65 Counsel: What To Know Letter: Require Companies to List Ingredients It’s obscene that federal law supports a labeling loophole that protects manufacturers from having to disclose unintentional ingredients. I highly doubt the people who got cancer (and now an enormous financial settlement) from Johnson & Johnson’s…
Governmental Notices and Information for February 16 through 22, 2019
In addition to notice advising that Canada – Manitoba Repeals the Bedding and Other Upholstered or Stuffed Articles Regulation, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: APHIS’ various Comment Requests regarding, e.g., the Importation of Baby Corn and Baby Carrots from Zambia and the…
Governmental Notices and Information for February 9 through 15, 2019
In addition to notice of the Repeal of California’s Technical Bulletin 133 – Flammability Test for Seating Furniture Used in Public Occupancies, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: Customs and Border Protection Federal Register Notices of upcoming meetings of the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory…
Governmental Notices and Information for February 2 through 8, 2019
In addition to the International Trade Commission’s posting of the 2019 HTSUS, which includes both, the chapter-by-chapter & general notes listing and a –Full Edition, as well as the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s spreadsheet listing the Changes to Units of Quantity in the 2019 Tariff Schedule,…
Governmental Notices and Information for January 26 through February 1, 2019
Trump concedes to temporarily end shutdown — without wall funding, so government agencies are once again sharing information. Among the information and notices, the following may be of interest to our members and the trade: Legislation: Trump Won’t Give China More Time To Avoid Tariff Spike by Alex Lawson –…
Governmental Notices and Information for January 19 through 25, 2019
Due to the lapse in Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019, many federal offices are closed or not updating their websites. Nonetheless, private sources assist us in accessing the following information / notices, which may be of interest to our members an…
Governmental Notices and Information for January 12 through 18, 2019
Due to the lapse in Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019, many federal offices are closed or not updating their websites. Nonetheless, private sources assist us in accessing the following information / notices, which may be of interest to our members and the trade: Customs and Border Protection: New Statistical…
Governmental Notices for January 5 through 11, 2019
Due to the lapse in Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019, many federal offices are closed or not updating their websites – see Here’s who the partial government shutdown affects See also: CBP’s latest ABI messages, including CSMS 19-000005 Attention for Trade Community utilizing MQ Server connections CONSUMER PRODUCTS EU…
Governmental Notices for December 29 through January 4, 2019
The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade: CBP’s latest ABI messages, including CSMS 18-000758 Advance Electronic Data Required for Postal Shipments, requiring Advance Electronic Data on all postal shipments from China to the U.S. as of January 1, 2019 and CSMS 18-000757…
Governmental Notices for December 22 through 28, 2018
The following governmental notices may be of interest to our members and the trade: APHIS’ Comment Request concerning the Importation of Tomatoes From Certain Central American Countries CBP’s Rule concerning Civil Monetary Penalty Adjustments for Inflation, Notice of a Comment Request regarding Entry and Manifest of Merchandise Free of Duty,…