On Dec. 18 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 17 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 14 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 13 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Dec. 12 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Dec. 12 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Dec. 5 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

The Food and Drug Administration has seen a recent increase in trucks carrying FDA-regulated cargo entering the U.S. from Canada without stopping for FDA examination, the agency’s Division of Northern Border Imports said in a Nov. 27 memorandum to customs brokers. “While we understand communication errors may occasionally occur, it is the collective responsibility of each of the importing parties associated with the entry (customhouse broker and carrier) to become familiar with and follow established procedures for importing FDA regulated entries,” the memo said. “For entries crossing during FDA hours of operation … we strongly encourage carriers to report to FDA for exam and clearance,” it said. Doing so will prevent costly delays, including needing to return the entry for physical examination, FDA said.

On Nov. 30 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Environmental Protection Agency withdrawing significant new use rules issued for 26 chemical substances in August, after receiving comments opposing the SNURs in response to a direct final rule (see 1810020014). The agency will now consider the SNURs under a concurrently issued proposed rule, and “will address all adverse public comments in a subsequent final rule, based on the proposed rule.” The SNURs had been set to take effect Dec. 3.