The Food and Drug Administration said Enesco, LLC is voluntarily recalling the ONIM “Any Wine Will Do” ceramic wine goblets, SKU # 4026171. Enesco is recalling the “Any Wine Will Do” wine goblets because, through its internal compliance and independent laboratory product testing program, it became aware that the wine goblets may exceed the FDA’s guidance levels for leachable lead and cadmium. Enesco sold about 300 of the “Any Wine Will Do” wine goblets to retail stores in AR, CA, CO, FL, HI, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, MD, MO, MI, MS, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, TX, VA, VT, WA and WI. No illness related to this product has been reported. The recall only applies to this item and no other ONIM products are affected.
Brian Feito
Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
The International Trade Administration has issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine from China (A-570-836) for one company, and also rescinded this AD administrative review for 29 other companies1. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for this company.
The International Trade Administration issued the preliminary results of its administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain orange juice from Brazil (A-351-840) for four companies1. These preliminary results are not in effect. The ITA may modify them in the final results of this review and change the estimated AD cash deposit rate for these companies.
The International Trade Administration is publishing notices in the April 11, 2012, Federal Register on the following AD/CV proceedings (any notices that announce changes to AD/CV duty rates, the scope, affected firms, or effective dates will be detailed in another ITT article):
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it has selected (i) tomatoes; (ii) frozen kung-pao style dishes; and (iii) jarred peanut butter & dry packaged peanut / spice as the types of foods that it will be following as part of its pilot projects on the tracking and tracing of food, as required by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).
The Food Safety and Inspection Service reports that the Regional Committee on Europe is requesting comments by July 20, 2012, on the proposed regional standard for the fresh fungus chanterelle. Details follow:
The International Trade Commission is seeking comments by May 10, 2012, for a newly initiated investigation on trade facilitation in the East African Community (EAC). The investigation, Trade Facilitation in the East African Community: Recent Developments and Potential Benefits, was requested by the U.S. Trade Representative. In requesting the study, the USTR noted that the U.S. and the EAC recently began preliminary discussions on a potential new trade and investment partnership, and said one of the initial steps under this initiative that could have the most impact would be engagement with the EAC on customs clearance and other practices at the border. As requested, ITC will provide a summary of recent developments relating to trade facilitation in the EAC. The ITC report will include a description of the potential benefits of trade facilitation to the EAC countries. The ITC expects to submit its report to the USTR by July 2, 2012.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service issued emails April 11, 2012, announcing changes to some Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables, and flowers.
The Foreign Agriculture Service released the following Production, Markets and Trade Reports on April 10, 2012:
The Court of International Trade announced that, effective May 1, 2012, it has approved certain increases in fees for services provided by the CIT. Specifically, CIT increased fees for, among other things, original admission of an attorney to practice (now $76), records retrieval (now $53), filing/indexing in cases where a case filing fee has not been paid (now $46), etc. CIT said the changes flow from an increase in the district court miscellaneous fee schedule promulgated under Title 28 U.S.C. § 1914.