Miscellaneous International Trade Notices

December 29, 2008 |Top News

The Consumer Product Safety Commission is joining Target in announcing a new notification system for communicating product recalls in Target stores nationwide. Target's safety and recall notification program involves posting signs throughout its stores that direct guests to gift registry kiosks near the Guest Service desk to learn about recalled products. Through the kiosk system, guests in Target stores will have easy access to notices of new or past recalls for all product categories and can print copies of safety and recall notices to take with them. (CPSC press release, dated 12/18/08, available at http://www.cpsc.gov/cpscpub/prerel/prhtml09/09070.html)

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1. CPSC, Target Announce New In-Store Recall Notification System

2. Siemens AG to Pay Largest FCPA Fine in U.S. History for Bribe Scheme

The Justice Department has posted a transcript of a recently held press conference announcing that Siemens AG and three of its subsidiaries pled guilty to Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations. According to the DOJ, from the 1990s through 2007, Siemens engaged in a systematic and widespread effort to make and to hide hundreds of millions of dollars in bribe payments across the globe. Siemens will pay a criminal fine to the U.S. in the amount of $450 million, the largest criminal fine in FCPA enforcement in U.S. history. (DOJ press release, dated 12/15/08, available at http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2008/December/08-opa-1112.html)

3. APHIS to Issue Permits for Imports of White Asparagus from Senegal

The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a notice advising the public of its decision to begin issuing permits for the importation into the continental U.S. of fresh white asparagus from Senegal. (APHIS notice, D/N 2008-0084, FR Pub 12/19/08, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-30216.pdf)

4. National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission Meeting

The Department of Transportation has issued a notice announcing that the National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission will hold a public meeting on January 8, 2009 in Washington, DC. (DOT notice, FR Pub 12/19/08, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/E8-30161.pdf)

5. FDA Posts Enforcement Report for December 17th

FDA has posted its Enforcement Report for the week of December 17, 2008. The report contains information on actions taken in connection with agency Regulatory activities. (FDA Enforcement Report, dated 12/17/08, available at http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/ENFORCE/2008/ENF01086.html)

6. DHS End-of-Year Accomplishments

The Department of Homeland Security has issued a fact sheet on its end-of-year accomplishments. (DHS fact sheet, dated 12/18/08, available at http://www.dhs.gov/xnews/releases/pr_1229609413187.shtm)

7. DDTC Revises DS-2032 Form

The Directorate of Defense Trade Controls has announced that DS-2032 Form, Block 1, has been modified to add the word "Company" to the entry header to read "Registrant's Company Name and Address." (DDTC announcement, posted 12/18/08) available at http://www.pmddtc.state.gov/)