The Food and Drug Administration Safety and Innovation Act (FDASIA) turned two years old in July, marking the end of the second year of its three-year implementation plan. This act, which focused primarily on adding and improving regulation of drugs and medical...
UPDATE 03/02/2017 FDA’s Domestic and Foreign Facility Reinspection, Recall, and Importer Reinspection Fee Rates are out for FY 2017. The domestic reinspection rate was not changed from the 2016 rate. Surprisingly, the foreign reinspection rate, which has been...
Illinois is getting its feet wet in the medical marijuana industry. The State is currently accepting applications from entities who wish to cultivate and dispense medical marijuana – a big step in implementing the Compassionate Use of Medical Cannabis Pilot Program...
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...
ExportToUsa.com.cn attended the 15th SIAL China Show in Shanghai on May 13-15. Many food suppliers gathered together in Shanghai, looking for opportunities. ExportToUsa.com.cn spoke with many food suppliers regarding various problems that might occur if they want to...
FDA and the cosmetic industry recently separated ways as their talks to modernize how FDA regulates cosmetics collapsed. In March, FDA expressed a “profound disappointment” with the legislation proposed by the cosmetic industry and implied that FDA would proceed...
FDA’s Center for Devices and Radiological Health published its Medical Device Recall Report for the last decade. The number of recalls almost doubled, approximating the increase in device spending over the same period of time. However, the report attributes the bulk...
Last month, FDA issued a new Draft Guidance, requiring the labels of honey products to declare sweeteners in the statement of identity. This sounds ridiculous. Consumers have accepted that honey marketers routinely mix honey and sweeteners – for example, sugar or corn...
The news media is flooded with stories about FDA proposing to regulate electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) for the first time, according to the proposed rule published on April 24. Despite the news stories and FDA’s talking points, the proposed rule talks very little...
FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn attended the Boston Seafood Show this year on Mar.16-18. The team took the opportunity to speak with seafood producers from around the world, who think 2014 will be a harvest year. US importers at the show expressed the desire...
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