The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued a final rule, effective January 31, 2005, that amends 7 CFR Part 319 in order to, among other things, expand the number of states in which fresh Hass avocado fruit (Persea americana) grown in approved orchards in approved municipalities in Michoacan, Mexico may be distributed.
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has issued an interim rule which, effective January 1, 2005, amends the user fee regulations at 7 CFR Part 354 by adjusting the fees charged for certain agricultural quarantine and inspection (AQI) services for fiscal years (FYs) 2005 through 2010.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has recently posted to its Web site updated information regarding its Pilot Bond Centralization Program for participating ports.
On December 3, 2004, President Bush signed into law the conference version of H.R. 1047, the Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2004 (Public Law (P.L.) 108-429).
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), India Group II closed on December 2, 2004 at 8:30 a.m.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that will require the establishment and maintenance of records by persons (except farms, restaurants, and certain others) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold food in the U.S. This final rule takes effect February 7, 2005.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a final rule that will require the establishment and maintenance of records by persons (except farms, restaurants, and certain others) who manufacture, import, process, pack, transport, distribute, receive, or hold food in the U.S.
According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, as of December 4, 2004, the India Group II quota is 99.9% filled and is "on hold."
In its October 2004 AES Newsletter, Census has included a letter that was sent to all Data Entry Center (DEC) participants announcing that the DEC program will terminate on March 31, 2005.
The Commerce Department's Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) has posted to its Web site an updated "informal list" of recent petitions (requests) submitted to the Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA) requesting China safeguard quotas on certain textile and apparel imports from China.