USITC announces major action to stem 3-A China counterfeits
USITC will let stand a sweeping order in support of a complaint by 3-A SSI to block the imports of products from China showing a counterfeit 3-A Symbol or equivalent claim.
On April 3, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) announced it will let stand a sweeping order in support of a complaint by 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. (3-A SSI), McLean, Va., to block the imports of any products from China showing a counterfeit 3-A Symbol or equivalent claim. The scope of the order is significant in its finding of injury to 3-A SSI and the type of remedy granted, according to 3-A SSI.
3-A SSI filed the complaint in March 2019 under section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, alleging that certain Chinese companies used false or misleading representations of 3-A Symbol authorization in the advertising or sale of certain food processing equipment. The ruling by Administrative Law Judge David P. Shaw issued in February 2020 found that the unlicensed use of the 3-A Symbol “has substantially injured 3-A SSI’s domestic industry by harming the goodwill associated with the 3-A Certification Marks,” 3-A SSI said.