Miscellaneous International Trade Notices
The American Shipper reports that in January 2005 General Electric, the manufacturer of the only electronic seal picked by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for validation tests, stated that it had successfully detected several container intrusions during field testing, and would have a commercially available device by the third quarter of 2005. However, the article states that GE must convince CBP the device meets the agencys' requirements for a 'smart box,' which would mean, among other things, getting the false alarm rate below 1%. (American Shipper, April 2005.)
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1. 'Smart Box' Not Ready for Prime Time
2. Editorial Correction to Recent BP Summary of NMFS Final Rule on Tuna
On April 12, 2005 the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a final rule amending the tuna regulations at 50 CFR Parts 216 and 300. In its two-part summary on this final rule, BP inadvertently omitted a link to its earlier BP summary of a related final rule issued in September 2004, that also made amendments to 50 CFR Part 216. As a result, BP is now publishing this link and there will be no Part III summarizing the 2004 final rule. (See ITT's Online Archives or 10/06/04 news, 04100620, for BP summary of the September 2004 final rule.) (See ITT's Online Archives or 04/22/05 and 04/25/05 news, 05042215 and 05042515, for BP two-part summary of the April 12, 2005 final rule.)
3. Foreign-Trade Zones Board Action
The Foreign-Trade Zones Board (FTZB) has issued the following notice of recent FTZB action:
| FTZ applicant/grantee | Company or action |
| Puerto Rico Trade and Exports Company (FTZ 61) | Approval of application requesting temporary/interim manufacturing (T/IM) authority for certain petroleum and petrochemical products within Subzone 61I, Shell Chemicals Yabucoa, Inc. |
FTZB notice (FR Pub 04/19/05) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-7792.pdf
4. FDA ANPR on Prominence of Calories in Food Labeling
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) requesting comments by June 20, 2005 on whether to amend certain provisions of the agency's nutrition labeling regulations to give more prominence to calories on food labels. (FDA D/N 2004N-0463, FR Pub 04/04/05, available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/pdf/05-6643.pdf.)