In October, FDAImports.com Partner Rick Quinn attended an event with the American Chamber of Commerce in Colombia and spoke about the regulatory basics of exporting to the United States. Mr. Quinn explained the regulatory agencies involved in imports in the U.S.,...
The FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn consultants are exhibiting again at the 2014 19th China Fisheries & Seafood Expo at the Qingdao International Convention Center, from November 5-7. “One focus for us this year will be the transfer of authority on catfish...
FDAImports.com recently obtained removal for a manufacturer from Import Alert 66-41 (automatic detention of unapproved new drugs promoted in the U.S.). Under this Import Alert FDA detains all products it deems “unapproved new drugs” – even if they’re merely cosmetics...
Benjamin England, FDAImports.com Founder and CEO recently presented a webinar with FDANews, entitled “Thinking Ahead of FDA: Preventive care tips for your FDA import compliance program.” Mr. England said, “Up to now, FDA has been mostly reactionary in its enforcement...
This year at Natural Products Expo East 2014, in Baltimore, MD, September 17-20, FDAImports.com Partner Rick Quinn will be participating in the Retailer Town Hall Discussion entitled “Defining Natural.” Mr. Quinn has been an integral part of this discussion at Expo...
Benjamin England, FDAImports.com Founder and CEO recently presented a webinar with Eurofins Scientific, entitled “Switching Sweets: Economic Adulteration in Sugar-Rich Foods.” The webinar addressed the issue of producers substituting cheap ingredients and advertising...
FDAImports.com has announced a partnership with California-based Michelson Laboratories, Inc., a comprehensive testing laboratory which provides high-quality testing. Michelson Laboratories, Inc. has been serving clients for more than four decades and is led by...
The team at FDAImports.com successfully persuaded FDA to return an exporter to the Green List for Import Alert 16-131 (Detention Without Physical Examination of Aquacultured Catfish, Basa, Shrimp, Dace, and Eel from China- Presence of New Animal Drugs and/or Unsafe...
FDA has recently begun applying Import Alert 99-30 to breaded seafood from China. That import alert relates to melamine in dairy products and foods with dairy-based ingredients. This is an unprecedented action. FDA has previously only applied Import Alert 99-30 to...
The seafood industry should start preparing for greater FDA scrutiny and interference with seafood products from China. The industry is quite familiar with FDA’s Import Alert 16-131, which requires testing all aquaculture from China for unapproved veterinary drugs...
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