Pardon Our Dust! See Our New Space Under Construction
FDAImports.com is moving! Over the next 30 days we’ll be packing up boxes, files, computers and books and moving into our brand new space located next to BWI airport, just a few miles east of our current location. The FDAImports.com has expanded so much in the last...
Leprechauns Busted for Illegal Food Coloring in Green Beer, St. Patrick’s Day Will Be Less Fun This Year
Partygoers will be having much less fun this St. Patrick’s Day as the supply of green beer is drastically reduced thanks to the FDA’s crackdown on the illegal colorants used to make the beer green. Hundreds of leprechauns were busted Monday in the largest...
Yet Another Victory for FDAImports.com with FDA’s Import Alert Program, IA# 45-02 (Illegal/Undeclared Colors)
FDAImports.com’s success rate continues to increase, as it successfully petitions FDA to remove yet another client from Import Alert—this time, Import Alert #45-02, “Detention Without Physical Examination and Guidance of Foods Containing Illegal and/or Undeclared...
FDAImports.com Gets Chinese Cosmetics Manufacturer Removed from Import Alert #53-06, Illegal Colors
The team at FDAImports.com has once again obtained removal of a client from FDA Import Alert. Import Alert #53-06, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Cosmetics Containing Illegal Colors,” instructs FDA to automatically detain all entries of eye make-up and...
FDAImports.com Assists Mexican Peanut Company with Import Alert #99-08 for Pesticides, Obtains Removal
The FDAImports.com team of FDA consultants and attorneys recently petitioned FDA to remove another client from FDA Import Alert, this time, Import Alert #99-08, “Detention without Physical Examination of Processed Foods for Pesticides,” which is the same alert that...
Benjamin England Discusses Orange Juice Safety on Bloomberg TV
Benjamin England, Founder and CEO of FDAImports.com, was recently featured on Bloomberg TV’s Street Smart program regarding the safety of imported Orange Juice and FDA’s “stop and hold” policy for incoming shipments. “The concentrations being found are extremely...
FDA’s Interim Final Rule for Food Records Access Under FSMA is Unreasonable? Believe it.
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...
FDA Reports to Congress on FDA Foreign Offices Activities – and It Could Have Been Shorter
The Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) enacted January 4, 2011 set forth a variety of benchmark reporting requirements for FDA, one of which is a summary of the FDA’s foreign offices and their progress and direction for the future. The FDA has recently submitted...
FDAImports.com Team Attends 17th Annual Maryland China Business Council New Year’s Banquet
The Maryland China Business Council held it’s 17th annual New Year’s Banquet last week at Hunan Manor restaurant in Columbia, MD. Team members from the FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn team attended the event along with MCBC leaders and members and...
FDAImports.com Answers Import and Compliance Questions in China Seafood Magazine
ExportToUsa.com.cn, the Chinese branch of FDAImports.com, was recently featured in China Seafood Magazine answering questions regarding imports, registrations, facilities, import alerts and the Food Safety Modernization Act. The 3 page Q/A was developed by the team...