The Food and Drug Administration has issued its final rule, effective May 6, 2009, on the submission to FDA of prior notice (PN) of food, including animal feed, which is imported or offered for import into the U.S.
CBP has issued a CSMS message stating that in order to perform some previously unplanned maintenance on November 20, 2008, the Food and Drug Administration's OASIS system was scheduled to be down at 4:00 am until 6:00 am. As a result, FDA was to be operating under the Prior Notice Scenario 2 contingency. (CSMS 08-000310, dated 11/19/08, available at http://apps.cbp.gov/csms/viewmssg.asp?Recid=17336&page=&srch_argv=08-000310&srchtype=all&btype=&sortby=&sby)
The Food and Drug Administration has issued its final rule, effective May 6, 20091, on the submission to FDA of prior notice (PN) of food, including animal feed, which is imported or offered for import into the U.S.
Target will be “very aggressive” this holiday promoting CE and other “selected items” as it battles rival Wal-Mart in the down economy, CEO Greg Steinhafel said Monday in a quarterly earnings call.
IBM and International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC) signed a $9.6 billion agreement to have IBM install broadband over power line networks at electric cooperatives throughout the eastern U.S., IBM said. The project focuses on providing broadband services to rural residents.
The International Trade Commission has issued a report, Andean Trade Preference Act: Impact on U.S. Industries and Consumers and on Drug Crop Eradication and Crop Substitution, Thirteenth Report, 2007, which states that ATPA imports during 2007 continued to have a negligible overall effect on the U.S. economy and consumers.
General Dynamics Information Technology will be paid more than $42 million to provide communications services to Air Force bases. The contract includes provision of a land- mobile radio system for groups at locations other than the Colorado Springs, Colo., Air Force Space Command headquarters. These include non-Department of Defense groups and places, the Air Force said.
Four members of the FCC pledged to work together on broad intercarrier compensation and Universal Service Fund reform, for a vote at the Dec. 18 FCC meeting. The four cited growing consensus on several issues teed up for decision, in a statement they all signed. But FCC Chairman Kevin Martin questioned whether his colleagues will really be ready to reach a decision in December. The letter was released just before midnight Wednesday, as the FCC responded to a writ of mandamus by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit addressing the so-called ISP remand (CD Nov 6 p1).
The FCC should require more than one public-safety device for use in the 700 MHz D-block, the satellite industry told the FCC in comments filed this week. The FCC is re- examining rules on the 700 MHz D-block, which failed to sell at auction. “Only by incorporating satellite capability into many public safety user devices will public safety have the coverage and reliability that is critical to the success and wide-spread utilization of this new network,” Mobile Satellite Ventures said.
The first DivX Version 7-equipped CE products will ship in late 2009 with its H.264 software, as the company expands use of the compression technology, executives told analysts. “Golden master” copies of the software are expected to be released in November and development kits to arrive the next month, CEO Kevin Hell said.