On August 10, 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.
At the July 13, 2010 Customs Electronic Systems Action Committee (CESAC) Plenary session, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials held a presentation on its own International Trade Data System Concept of Operations.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces its intention to request extension of approval of an information collection associated with the export of animals and animal products from the U.S. for an additional three years. Comments are due by October 12, 2010.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces its intention to revise an information collection associated with regulations for the importation of live swine, pork, and pork products from certain regions free of classical swine fever in Chile and Mexico and to request extension of approval of the information collection for an additional three years. Comments are due by October 12, 2010.
The Food Safety Inspection Service's Import Permit Guide for Products with Small Amounts of Meat and Poultry, issued in April 2009, is available in the following languages, Spanish, Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese. The Guide details the requirement that importers of FSIS-exempt food products (e.g. dry soup mixes, bouillion cubes) that contain small amounts (less than 2%) of meat or poultry that comes from an animal disease country will not be granted a new (or renewed) APHIS import permit unless FSIS makes a determination that the meat or poultry ingredient is from an approved source.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces meetings in Madison, WI, Atlanta, GA, and Pasco, WA, to provide an opportunity for stakeholders to offer their input on the new framework being developed for animal disease traceability. The meetings will be held on August 18, 20, and 24, 2010, respectively.
On August 4, 2010, the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service published a proposed rule to define “common cultivar” and “common food crop”, which are among the categorical exemptions to the requirements of the Lacey Act, as amended (Act).
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service is advising the public that it is adding new approved phytosanitary treatment schedules to the Plant Protection and Quarantine Treatment Manual for sweet cherries imported from Australia into the U.S. APHIS is also adding to the treatment manual a new approved irradiation dose for Mediterranean fruit fly of 100 gray.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has issued a proposed rule to define “common cultivar” and “common food crop”, which are among the categorical exemptions1 to requirements of the Lacey Act, as amended (Act).
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):