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

FSIS has provided updated information for the export of U.S. meat and poultry to the following countries:

The Environmental Protection Agency reports that Gordon Corporation, a Kansas City, Mo., pesticide manufacturer, has agreed to pay a $6,000 civil penalty to the U.S. to settle allegations that it violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) by importing a 294,880-pound shipment of the misbranded pesticide 2,4-D Acid.

The Federal Highway Administration has issued a press release announcing that has launched a new web-based tool, FPMweb, to pinpoint freight congestion.

The Office of Foreign Assets Control has issued its civil penalties enforcement information for June 3, 2010. KLM Cargo was assessed $5,336.26 for violating the Sudanese Sanctions Regulations.

The Bureau of Industry and Security has announced that it will be holding its Annual Update Conference on Export Controls and Policy on August 31 - September 2, 2010 in Washington, DC.

The U.S. and India concluded their first Strategic Dialogue between Secretary of State Clinton and India External Affairs Minister Krishna on June 1-4, 2010. Topics included advancing global security and countering terrorism, information technology and cyberspace, and trade and economic relations. Both committed to approach the issue of export controls for high technology products as a strategic partnership.

The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has posted notice to the motor carrier industry and the public of regulatory guidance and policy changes regarding the retention of supporting documents and the use of electronic mobile communication/tracking technology in assessing motor carriers’ and commercial motor vehicle drivers’ compliance with the hours of service regulations. According to FMCSA, this change in policy will take effect 30 days after its publication in the Federal Register. Written comments are due by July 9, 2010.

The Food and Drug Administration has posted revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Manufacturing and Services Lamb-Hale highlighted the importance of supply chain efficiency in supporting the President’s National Export Initiative at the June 4, 2010 opening of a new cement plant in Bloomsdale, Mo., which will make the material needed to build the roads, buildings, and other structures that will make the U.S. productive.