The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued 203 authorizations to export agricultural commodities, medicine and medical devices to Iran and Sudan out of a total 298 applications received in the last quarter of Fiscal Year 2013, OFAC said. The authorizations are required under the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000. During the quarter, OFAC issued 324 total licenses to authorize such exports.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added the following individual to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on March 13:
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control will around March 5 discontinue issuing the following .exe self-extracting archive files containing the SDN list:
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 27 made changes to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.
OFAC deleted the following entity from the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list on Feb. 20:
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 19 made changes to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 11 added (here) an individual and entity to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) updated its policy for "gluten-free" labeling following a review of the Food and Drug Administration's final rule on the subject issued in August (see 13080213), said TTB. "TTB believes that it is important to adopt an approach on this issue that is as consistent as possible with the regulations that FDA issued," it said. "Under our updated policy, alcohol beverages that are made from ingredients that do not contain gluten (such as wines fermented from grapes or other fruit and distilled spirits distilled from materials other than gluten-containing grains) may continue to make 'gluten-free' claims in the same way allowed in the new FDA regulations for inherently gluten-free products."
The Treasury Department on Feb. 7 updated a thorough compilation of documents related to the Joint Plan of Action (JPOA), the deal struck between Iran and the U.S., along with P5+1 countries, to limit Iranian uranium enrichment. The deal took effect on Jan. 20, 2014. P5+1 countries include the U.S., Germany, France, Russia, and China, and are coordinated by European Union High Representative Catherine Ashton.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on Feb. 6 deleted three entries and made changes to another on the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list.