On May 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. (Manual, updated 05/10/10, available at http://www.aphis.usda.gov/import_export/plants/manuals/ports/mac.shtml)

The International Trade Administration announces ten open membership opportunities for representatives of U.S. industry to join the U.S. section of the the U.S.-Iraq Business Dialogue. Applications must be received no later than May 31, 2010. (ITA notice, FR Pub 05/13/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-11471.pdf)

The Foreign Agricultural Service has posted a circular on the world market for cotton, which states that stocks are tightening worldwide as consumption outpaces increases in production. A second circular states that world production has jumped 11 percent. FAS also states that the gap between global production and consumption of grain has narrowed. A second report on Nigerian wheat imports is also available.

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has published notice of the following voluntary recall:

The Foreign Agriculture Service issued the following GAIN reports:

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 canceled its open Commission meeting on May 12, 2010 in which it was scheduled to vote on a final rule for infant bath seats. (CPSC calendar available at http://www.cpsc.gov/calendar.html)

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is publishing the names of three individuals and three entities in Colombia and Spain whose property and interests in property have been unblocked pursuant to Executive Order 12978, "Blocking Assets and Prohibiting Transactions With Significant Narcotics Traffickers," effective May 6, 2010. (OFAC notice, FR Pub 05/12/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-11221.pdf)

The Office of Foreign Assets Control is removing the names of three individuals in Indonesia and the Philippines from the list of Specially Designated Nationals and blocked persons whose property and interests in property have been blocked under Executive Order 13224 on terrorism, effective May 6, 2010. (OFAC notice, FR Pub 05/12/10, available at http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/pdf/2010-11220.pdf)

Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Administrator Ferro stated in April 28, 2010 testimony before a Subcommittee of Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation, that even with the continued growth in commercial vehicle traffic, the data shows that our Nation's highways experienced their lowest number of fatalities (4,525 in 2008) from crashes involving large trucks and buses since fatal crash data collection began in 1975. (Testimony, dated 04/28/10, available at http://www.fmcsa.dot.gov/about/news/speeches/Written-Testimony-for-Administrator-Anne-Ferro.aspx)