The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the following voluntary recalls Oct. 31:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a final rule setting a new safety standard for infant support cushions (see 2401120054), it said in a notice. CPSC is also amending CPSC’s consumer registration requirements to identify infant support cushions as durable infant or toddler products and amending CPSC’s list of notices of requirements.

On Oct. 31, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., wrote to FDA Commissioner Robert Califf and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, arguing that CBP is not enforcing the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act he co-authored, as pharmaceuticals made in Xinjiang are entering the U.S.

CBP issued the following releases on commercial trade and related matters:

A listing of recent Commerce Department antidumping and countervailing duty messages posted on CBP's website Oct. 31, along with the case number(s) and CBP message number, is provided below. The messages are available by searching for the listed CBP message number at CBP's ADCVD Search page.

CBP has released its Oct. 30 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 58, No. 43), which includes the following ruling actions:

A CBP newsletter shared that JFK's International Mail Facility in New York has been using a non-intrusive detection tool since 2021 to look for illicit opioids, and it has been effective enough to expand to other ports of entry.

CBP has issued a withhold release order, effective immediately, against frankincense supplier Asli Maydi of Somaliland over the alleged use of forced labor, the agency said Nov. 1.

Although the EU ambassador emphasized all the ways that the EU and the U.S. coordinate on trade, a panelist discussing the future of the U.S.-EU trade relationship demonstrated the ways the two economic powers talk past each other at times.