Can you slime American twice? You can try, according to Jim Avila and ABC News. Attempting to re-create its journalistic success from the “pink slime” story, ABC News recently ran a short segment on foreign shrimp and antibiotics, claiming that, in a recent random...
Americans consume an incredible amount of imported foods. For shrimp, over 90% of what we consume is imported, for produce, 35%, and some estimates claim that 20% of the total U.S. food supply is imported.1 Whether it’s caviar or truffles or bananas or cookies, we...
We’d like to take a moment to introduce one of our partners here at FDAImports.com, the Global Food Safety Forum (GFSF), a 501(c)(3) focused on establishing dialogue, training, and private-public collaboration in all areas of food safety, imports and the food supply...
The demand for organic products is on the rise, despite higher prices, according to a recent report from the TABS Group, Inc. The Annual Organic Product Study for 2011 showed an estimated 15-20% growth in sales for organics products, for both foods and cosmetics. The...
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...
Beijing has announced plans to ban people convicted of food safety crimes from investing in and operating related businesses for the rest of their lives. According to the new draft amendment to Beijing Food Safety regulations, companies whose lack of food safety...
As the FDA launches its pilot program related to tracking high-risk foods, we are once again reminded of the ongoing difficulties FDA experiences when it comes to choosing between acting quickly and acting thoughtfully. Think back to 2011’s food safety crises...
FDA’s quest for an increased budget and resources continues, as evidenced by its recently released FY 2013 Budget request. As FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg noted in her statement before the Committee on Appropriations, FDA believes that it’s bridging the gap...
FDAImports.com recently helped a Chinese company obtain the first Green Ticket from FDA Import Alert #99-29, a sweeping and unshakeable Import Alert for Chinese protein products due to the presence of Melamine and/or Melamine Analogs. This Import Alert traces back to...
FDAImports.com recently achieved another Import Alert success for one of its clients, this time for FDA Import Alert #36-04, "Detention Without Physical Examination of Honey and Blended Syrup Due to Presence of Fluoroquinolones." FDA implemented this Import Alert...
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