Question:  What’s worse than driving a stolen car around town?

Answer: Not knowing that you’re driving a stolen car!

If you know something horrible is about to happen, you can prepare for it.  But it’s a whole different story when something bad is about to happen to you and you have no clue that it’s coming!  That’s exactly the conversation we’re having with dietary supplement importers about the coming FDA imported food fees beginning October 1st, 2011.  Much … READ MORE

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“My six year old daughter loves the classic story of a faithful and kind old elephant who has the ears to hear the sound of a very small person swirling through the space flotsam and jetsam on the surface of a small speck of dust – to the chagrin of a sour kangaroo and the joey in her pouch. I cannot help but identify with a bunch of minding-our-own-business types of small people, not hurting anyone at all, who are forced to convince … READ MORE

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In our August 11 blog post, we alerted our readers to new fees that FDA will begin extracting from food importers and foreign food manufacturers at $224 per hour ($335/hour for foreign travel). FDA will charge the new fees whenever FDA “re-examines” imported food it previously examined and found to be violative for some food-safety related reason. We explained how these fees will significantly increase the cost of importing food, which in turn will result in higher food costs for consumers. Under the FSMA, however, FDA was directed to consider the impact re-inspection fees will have on small businesses. … READ MORE

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