The Food Safety Modernization Act (Slideshow)

The Food Safety Modernization Act View more presentations from FDAimports.com The recently enacted Food Safety Modernization Act is the greatest expansion of FDA’s food regulatory authority since the enactment in 1938 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. This...

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FSMA Stumbles Into 2012, Already Behind the 8-Ball

This month marks the 1-year anniversary of President Obama signing into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). One of the key implementation dates from the Act was January 4th, 2012, by when the following significant steps were to have been taken by FDA: •...

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Way to Go J.O. Alvarez!

We at FDAImports.com want to congratulate J.O. Alvarez, Inc. (Customhouse brokers), which had “no accountable errors” during a December 2011 audit by FDA! The FDA’s audit evaluated the accuracy of J.O. Alvarez’s submissions for properly identifying products as non-FDA...

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FDA Smacks Santa Out of the Midnight Air

Why didn't your kids get what they wanted for Christmas? Why didn’t your tree have candy canes on it? What happened to your toy cosmetic kits, sunglasses, chocolates and candy? Answer: Your stuff was all detained at a U.S. port due to: Candy canes having undeclared...

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New Video Footage Emerges in Santa Claus’s FDA Bust

Adults, children and regulatory compliance officers alike all reeled last week at the news of Santa Nicolas Claus’ arrest by the FDA’s Office of Criminal Investigations and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.  Eyewitness cell-phone video emerged immediately following...

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America Outraged About Our Santa Claus Blog?

Our recent post about Santa Claus getting in trouble with the FDA definitely hit a nerve with skeptics, the FDA and Santa fanatics across the globe.  Many in the food safety industry agreed with our assessment and echoed our warnings to Santa, especially about the...

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