On June 7, 2010, APHIS updated its Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) Animal Product Manual. This Manual provides the background, procedures, and regulatory actions to enforce the regulations governing the import and export of animals, animal products, and animal by-products.
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 Environmental Protection Agency reports that Gordon Corporation, a Kansas City, Mo., pesticide manufacturer, has agreed to pay a $6,000 civil penalty to the U.S. to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by importing a 294,880-pound shipment of the misbranded pesticide 2,4-D Acid.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement reports that more than $3 million in counterfeit goods have been seized by ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection since the beginning of Fiscal Year 2010 in the Port of Savannah. Besides seizure, CBP's strategic approach to IPR enforcement includes audits of infringing importers, and cooperation with international trading partners, industry and other government agencies. 14,841 seizures of counterfeit and pirated goods with a total domestic value of $260.7 million occurred in FY 2009.
The International Trade Administration has issued the final results of an antidumping duty changed circumstances review of fresh and chilled Atlantic Salmon from Norway.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative antidumping duty determination that wire decking from China is being, or is likely to be, sold in the U.S. at less than fair value.
The International Trade Administration has made a final affirmative countervailing duty determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of wire decking from China.