FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, recently spoke at the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Annual Conference on the Food Safety Modernization Act and imports. During the presentation, “How FSMA Changed the Game on Imports,” Mr. England discussed, along...
What happened when observers pointed out that the Congressional Budget Office estimated it would cost $1.4 billion over 5 years to implement FSMA even though Congress only gave FDA a $50 million boost for this year? Silence. What happened when industry and consumers...
Benjamin England, Founder and CEO of FDAImports.com recently presented at the 2012 Journal of Commerce Cool Cargoes Event entitled “Planning an FDA-Proof International Container Cold Chain.” The Cool Cargoes track is part of the JOC’s annual TPM conference...
On February 23rd 2012 the FDA issued an Interim Final Rule (IFR) implementing enhanced food facility record inspection authority granted to the Agency by Congress in the Food Safety Modernization Act.[1] Under the old regulations, FDA could only demand that you...
Benjamin England, Founder and CEO of FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn, presented on Food and Drug Regulation and Importing Requirements along with Rick Quinn, Principal at the firm, to a delegation of Chinese Food and Drug officials from the Hubei Province this...
The Food Safety Modernization Act View more presentations from FDAimports.com The recently enacted Food Safety Modernization Act is the greatest expansion of FDA’s food regulatory authority since the enactment in 1938 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This...
This month marks the 1-year anniversary of President Obama signing into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). One of the key implementation dates from the Act was January 4th, 2012, by when the following significant steps were to have been taken by FDA: •...
On January 4, 2011, the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) was signed into law and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gained significant new authorities. Among other things, the FSMA made a number of changes to FDA Food Facility Registration authority....
Rick D. Quinn (FDAImports) (Columbia, MD) President Barack Obama signed into law the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act ("FSMA") on January 4, 2011. FSMA is the greatest expansion of FDA's food regulatory authority since the enactment in 1938 of the Federal Food Drug...
Pharmaceutical companies in the U.S. might have thought that because the recently enacted Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) enhances food authorities at FDA, that Pharmaceutical manufacturers or importers have escaped unscathed. But this is an unsafe and incorrect...
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