Did the U.S. Food and Drug Administration act illegally, capriciously and arbitrarily in its treatment of imported orange juice during the carbendazim incident? 

This is the question that FDAImports.com Principal, Rick Quinn, and Associate Attorney, John Johnson, answer in their recent article published in the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Update magazine.  The article, “Imported Orange Juice Gets the Squeeze: FDA’s Illegal Treatment of Brazilian Orange Juice During the Carbendazim Incident,” clearly outlines the history of the carbendazim issue, the FDA’s inconsistent response to both domestic and foreign juices, … READ MORE

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Months ago the expert consultants at FDAImports.com petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove a Chinese processor of soybeans from Import Alert # 99-08, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Processed Foods for Pesticides.”  FDA’s basis to put this processor on Import Alert was initially unlawful and based on an assumption that a certain illegal pesticide was present on the goods. While convincing the FDA that it acted unlawfully in its decision was challenging, the team at FDAImports.com nonetheless battled on behalf of its client … READ MORE

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