According to research done by www.FDAImports.com, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) aggressively stepped-up the number of food facility inspections in China last year according to the FDA Inspection Classification Database. Between fiscal year 2009 and...
The FDA has recently made public and easily accessible several databases disclosing the results of FDA inspections for companies with compliance issues related to the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and results of criminal investigations and debarment actions along with...
Companies that are directly affected by a major natural disaster or weather event, such as the Joplin, Missouri tornadoes or the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, should expect a heightened level of federal and state oversight in the future especially when it comes to...
Benjamin L. England, a former 17-year veteran of the FDA and former Regulatory Counsel, posted a video today offering his insights into what Japanese exporters should expect in the coming months as they attempt to export products to the United States after the recent...
Benjamin L. England, former FDA Regulatory Counsel and CEO of FDAImports.com, commented on the recent E. coli outbreak in Germany. The E. coli outbreak attributed to Spanish cucumbers bears the comment that any grower or packer of fresh fruits and vegetables shipping...
Following the two day FDLI conference, U.S.-China Food and Drug Law, in June 2011, FDAImports.com and ExporttoUSA.com.cn will provide three additional training opportunities FREE in Beijing on June 15, 2011 and in Shanghai on June 17, 2011. These sessions will give...
The FDAImports.com and ExporttoUSA.com.cn team is eagerly preparing for the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) US-China Food and Drug Law Conference. This conference, taking place in Beijing, China on June 13 and 14 2011, will bring expert thinkers and top...
The www.FDAImports expert team of FDA consultants and FDA attorneys obtained removal of another client processor from another FDA Import Alert, this time, Import Alert #72-03, “Detention without Physical Examination and Intensified Coverage of Pig Ears and other Pet...
FDA recently made its Import Refusal Report available again on its website. The FDA Refusal Report lists products FDA refused admission into the United States because the product appeared to violate the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA), and FDA believes...
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....
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