FDAImports.com Gets Company off FDA Import Alert 53-17, Microbiological Contamination in Cosmetics
FDAImports.com recently achieved another success, this time helping a client obtain removal from FDA Import Alert 53-17. This particular Import Alert, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Cosmetics Due To Microbiological Contamination," affects over 50...
You Can’t “Pink Slime” America Twice: Why ABC News is Struggling to Re-create a Food Safety Scare with Imported Shrimp
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 Love Imported Foods but are Too Quick To Blame Them
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...
No More Crying Over Pacifiers: FDAImports.com Persuades FDA to Change ABI System
FDAImports.com achieved a major victory this month, making life easier for importers of pacifiers. The Automated Broker Interface utilized for making entry with U.S. Customs and Border Protection was originally set-up to force importers to notify and submit...
Partnership Interview: Rick Gilmore, Chairman of the Global Food Safety Forum (GFSF)
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...
Increase in Organic Product Sales Will Likely Lead to Increased FDA Regulations, Costs
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...
China International Aquatic Products Network Welcomes Ben England and ExportToUsa.com.cn as FDA Resource
FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, was recently invited to join the China International Aquatic Products Network as an official expert resource for FDA regulation and imports to the United States. In this capacity he will assist...
USA Losing its Foothold? Ben England Presents on FSMA and Imports at 2012 FDLI Conference
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...
FDA, is That Your “Final Answer?” Never Say Never When it Comes to Reversing FDA Import Refusals
If you remember only one thing about FDA-related legal matters involving imported products it should be this: Even if FDA issues a “final” FDA refusal on a legal matter, it is still possible to 1) prove that the FDA got it wrong, and 2) convince FDA to reverse...
Prop 65 Press Releases Are Blood in the Water for California Plaintiff’s Attorneys
Cue the soundtrack from Jaws. Earlier this month, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a press release alleging that several nail polish manufacturers failed to declare the presence of potentially dangerous cosmetic ingredients, Toluene,...