The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated versions of its list of Italian (August 6, 2010) firms eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
The International Trade Administration announces a meeting of the Civil Nuclear Trade Advisory Committee on September 1, 2010. The agenda for the public session includes a trade promotion activities update, including on a Commerce-led civil nuclear trade mission to Europe, U.S. industry program at the International Atomic Energy Agency, and U.S.-Brazil Nuclear Codes and Standards Workshop.
On August 10, 2010, APHIS updated the Manual for Agricultural Clearance. The manual provides CBP personnel working at airport and maritime locations with the guidelines, directions, and policy for clearing carriers and passengers/crew and controlling garbage and cargo.
FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The National Institute of Standards and Technology posts drafts and changes to foreign technical regulations for manufactured products which may be considered technical barriers to trade and are therefore required to be reported to the World Trade Organization, which distributes the information to WTO Member countries.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces its intention to revise an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of live swine, pork, and pork products from certain regions free of classical swine fever in Chile and Mexico and to request extension of approval of the information collection for an additional three years. Comments are due by October 12, 2010.
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission announces open meetings in Washington, DC on August 11-12, 2010, September 14-15, 2010, September 29-30, 2010, and October 12-14, 2010, to consider the first and later rounds of drafts of material for its 2010 Annual Report to Congress that have been prepared for its consideration, and to make modifications to those drafts.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces its intention to request extension of approval of an information collection associated with the export of animals and animal products from the U.S. for an additional three years. Comments are due by October 12, 2010.