Officials from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have confirmed that APHIS will be enforcing its requirement for plant material quantities to be reported on the Lacey Act declaration using standardized metric units (such as kg, m, m2, and m3), for both paper and electronic Lacey Act Amendment declarations.

Various U.S. government agencies are seeking comments on the following information collections for which they have requested or intend to request Office of Management and Budget approval or extension of approval (see notices for specific details):

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued notices stating that it has accredited and approved the following companies as a commercial gauger and/or laboratory for petroleum and petroleum products, organic chemicals and vegetable oils, and to test petroleum and petroleum products for customs purposes, in accordance with 19 CFR 151.12 and 151.13, on the effective dates listed (see individual notice for dates of next triennial inspections):

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN report:

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has sent an interim final rule to the Office of Management and Budget for approval that contains procedures for the handling and investigation of retaliation complaints by employees in the consumer product industry, including employees of manufacturers, importers, private labelers, distributors and retailers, that have engaged in CPSIA whistle-blower activities.

The Commissioners are due to vote by May 26, 2010 on a draft Federal Register notice announcing the second meeting of the Chronic Hazard Advisory Panel on Phthalates from July 26-28, 2010, including an opportunity for the public to present oral comments on July 26, 2010.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has approved (5-0) a new federal safety standard for infant bath seats. The federal standard for infant bath seats is the first mandatory standard issued by CPSC as required under the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) for a range of infant and toddler durable products. Revised draft rule on the standard available here.

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):