The Consumer Product Safety Commission has updated its list of meetings between CPSC and industry stakeholders that are open to the public, unless otherwise stated (partial list):
The International Trade Administration has issued a press release on the new agenda for the U.S.-Brazil Commercial Dialogue which includes: innovation/green technology, trade facilitation/business development, intellectual property cooperation, standards and metrology, and services and small- and medium-sized enterprises. (Press release, dated 05/04/10, available at http://www.trade.gov/press/press-releases/2010/us-brazil-commercial-dialogue-deepens-trade-relations-050410.asp)
The International Trade Commission has issued a notice requesting comments in connection with the 14th report to Congress on the economic impact of the Andean Trade Preference Act on U.S. industries and U.S. consumers.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The International Trade Commission has issued a Federal Register notice on its institution of investigation, "China's Agricultural Trade: Competitive Conditions and Effects on U.S. Exports," and scheduling of a hearing on June 22, 2010. Pre-hearing comments are due by June 3, 2010, and post-hearing comments are due by June 29, 2010. (FR Pub 05/06/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-10650.pdf)
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN report:
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alert on the detention without physical examination of:
On May 3, 2010, APHIS updated its Postentry Quarantine PPQ Manual for State Inspectors. This manual covers procedures for conducting PEQ tasks beginning with the request to approve a growing site and ending with the release or refusal of the plant material. (Manual, updated 05/03/10, available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/domestic/downloads/postentry.pdf)
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries: