The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 9 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables and flowers.
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #25 for upland cotton will be established on Sept. 15, allowing importation of 13,614,466 kilograms (62,530 bales) of upland cotton (here). It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Dec. 13 and entered into the U.S. by March 13, 2017. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period May through July, the most recent three months for which data are available.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced changes Sept. 8 to Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) electronic manuals. While some changes are minor, other changes may affect the admissibility of the plant products, including fruits, vegetables and flowers.
On Sept. 7 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Sept. 6 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
On Sept. 5 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Department of Agriculture's Commodity Credit Corporation announced Special Import Quota #24 for upland cotton will be established on Sept. 8, allowing importation of 13,614,466 kilograms (62,530 bales) of upland cotton (here), down from 14,260,197 kilograms (65,496 bales) for the last quota announced. It will apply to upland cotton purchased not later than Dec. 6 and entered into the U.S. by March 6, 2017. The quota is equivalent to one week's consumption of cotton by domestic mills at the seasonally adjusted average rate for the period May through July, the most recent three months for which data are available.
On Aug. 31 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN reports:
The Food Safety and Inspection Service recently issued guidance on negative genetically modified organism (i.e., non-GMO) claims on meat, poultry and egg products (here). According to the document, FSIS will “immediately” begin approving "negative claims for meat, poultry and egg products that do not contain bioengineered ingredients or that are derived from livestock that do not consume bioengineered feed and that contain the terms 'genetically modified organism' or 'GMO.'” Previously, FSIS had approved negative bioengineered claims but not allowed the use of the terms “genetically modified organism” or “GMO” in such claims. Comments on the guidance are due Oct. 24, FSIS said (here).
On Aug. 30 the Foreign Agricultural Service posted the following GAIN report: