On May 21, 2010, the Foreign Agricultural Service has issued a Commodity Intelligence Report containing 2010/11 Crop Production Forecasts and Analyst Reports for Ukraine grain and oilseeds.
On June 1, 2010, the President transmitted a report to Congress, under section 804(a) of the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, which transmits his designations of the following five foreign individuals as appropriate for sanctions under the Kingpin Act and reports his direction of sanctions against them under the Act: Haji Agha Jan Alizai (Afghanistan), Haji Bando (Afghanistan), Ousmane Conte (Guinea), Sergio Enrique Villarreal Barragan (Mexico), and Mohamed Bachir Suleman (Mozambique).
FSIS Updates List of Instructions and U.S. Plants for Exporting Meat and Poultry to Foreign Countries
The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued updated version of its list of Brazil (May 28, 2010) establishments eligible to export meat and poultry to the U.S.
On May 31, 2010, APHIS updated its Cut Flowers and Greenery Import Manual. The manual provides the background, procedures, and reference tables for regulating the fresh, cut portion of the plant when it is imported for decoration or ornamentation, and for protecting plants that are threatened with extinction due to trade in those plants or their derivatives.
On May 28, 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.
The Food and Drug Administration has posted a revised version of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:
On June 1, 2010, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano visited Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to meet with her counterparts from the Middle East region and officials from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) to discuss ways to bolster global aviation security.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recalls: