The Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced that it will hold a series of public meetings, with the first on June 14, to discuss and receive public input on its draft proposed guidance concerning Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) Validation for meat and poultry establishments.
The Office of Textiles and Apparel has posted to its website monthly reports containing official April 2010 trade data from the Census Department for U.S. imports and exports of textiles and apparel.
The President has reported to Congress that it is in the national interest of the U.S. to terminate the suspensions under the Foreign Relations Authorization Act with respect to the issuance of permanent munitions export licenses for exports to China insofar as such restrictions pertain to the LightScanner® 32 System used for gene mutation genotyping for individualized cancer treatment. License requirements remain in place for these exports and require review on a case-by-case basis by the U.S. Government.
The Government Accountability Office has issued a statement for the record (GAO-10-651T) to a Senate Committee regarding the Secure Border Initiative. The GAO states that the Department of Homeland Security has faced numerous challenges deploying technology and fencing along the Southwest border.
The International Trade Administration has made a preliminary affirmative determination that countervailable subsidies are being provided to producers and exporters of drill pipe from China.
The Government Accountability Office has issued testimony (GAO-10-721T) for a Senate Committee regarding Iran sanctions and the number of firms reported to have commercial activity in the Iranian energy sector and U.S. government contracts.
Export.gov reports that Stolle Machinery of Centennial, Colo., will be able to grow its business and sustain 230 jobs at its plants in Centennial and Englewood by selling $34 million of aluminum/steel can-making equipment to Saudi Arabia, backed by a direct loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
The International Trade Data System states the ACE Helpdesk (Technical Support Center [TSC] 1-800-927-8729M) is having difficulty in identifying PGA users in order to reset their ACE passwords. The TSC staff is currently unable to display or locate valid PGA users in the ACE system user registry known as ITIM.