On October 1st, 2011, FDA will implement a new fee/examination structure that will radically affect the cost of food importing, food prices and the overall burden on taxpayers.  This new structure (tax) will require every significant food import with a questionable food safety issue to be “examined” by FDA and then undergo an expensive re-examination process in order for that shipment to be released; Even if there was no problem with the shipment whatsoever.  The reason is because FDA is cleverly defining the first “free examination” as merely data-retrieval.  It’s not an examination at all.  The real examination … READ MORE

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The www.FDAImports.com, LLC expert team of FDA consultants and FDA attorneys obtained removal of another client processor from another FDA Import Alert, this time, Import Alert #72-03, “Detention without Physical Examination and Intensified Coverage of Pig Ears and other Pet Treats Due to the Presence of Salmonella.”

A 2004 FDA examination and sampling found Salmonella in untreated rawhide scraps. FDA placed the Mexican processor on the Import Alert Red List. That shipment was a one-time event, as the Mexican supplier was in the business of processing and shipping finished rawhide pet chews and treats – not unfinished rawhide scraps.   However, in … READ MORE

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