It filed a petition seeking an exclusion order against food processing equipment imported from China that bears a counterfeit 3-A Symbol.
3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI), McLean, Va., said it filed a petition with the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) seeking an exclusion order against certain food processing equipment imported from China into the United States that bears a counterfeit 3-A Symbol, or such products that have falsely advertised that they meet 3-A Sanitary Standards for hygienic equipment design. However, this action, filed under Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, would permit the importation of equipment bearing a non-counterfeit 3-A Symbol.
The complaint names Wenzhou QiMing Stainless Co. Ltd., High MPa Valve Manufacturing Co. Ltd., Wenzhou Sinco Steel Co. Ltd., Wenzhou Kasin Valve Pipe Fitting Co. Ltd. and Wenzhou Fuchuang Machinery Co. Ltd. as respondents. 3-A SSI said its submission documents specific actions by these companies to place a counterfeit 3-A Symbol on food processing equipment marketed or imported into the United States and false claims that the goods meet ‘3-A’ standards.