FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, will present and moderate at the “FSVP and VQIP: Mandatory and Voluntary” panel discussion at the 2013 Food Week event put on by the Washington DC-based Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI).  The session will examine the Foreign Supplier Verification Program and Voluntary Qualified Importer Program under the Food Safety Modernization Act and address:
Compliance with these two programs

The differences and overlap between the two programs

The relevance of facility certification by third parties

Impending tensions between importers and foreign suppliers

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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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FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, recently spoke at the Food and Drug Law Institute’s Annual Conference on the Food Safety Modernization Act and imports.  During the presentation, “How FSMA Changed the Game on Imports,” Mr. England discussed, along with leading FDA lawyers and industry and FDA officials, elements related to FSMA affecting imported foods and international trade, including the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP), the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP), various challenges to the international supply … READ MORE

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FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, was featured in this month’s FDLI Update for his presentation during Food Week 2012 entitled, “How to Use Existing Quality Systems to Comply with FSMA Requirements.”  Mr. England co-presented at the Food and Drug Law Institute’s (FDLI) annual Food Week Conference along with David Calvin, Associate Director of Quality Programs and Government Affairs at H.J. Heinz.  The presentation focused on documentation and system compatibility in light of emerging FSMA implementation policies.
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The Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) recently launched its first Chinese conference, US- China Food And Drug Law: Ensuring Quality, Improving Safety, Expanding Access. FDAImports.com, was represented at the conference by its CEO, Benjamin England, Mr. Rick Quinn, Senior Associate Attorney, Mr. John Wu, FDAImports.com, LLC’s Country (China) Director, and Ms. Shelly (Xiaoxia) Li, ExportToUSA.com.cn, Qingdao, China Office Manager.  Mr. England also presented during a panel discussion explaining to Chinese companies how the U.S. Food and Drug Administration enforces federal laws relating to imported products and how the Food Safety Modernization Act … READ MORE

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Following the two day FDLI conference, U.S.-China Food and Drug Law, in June 2011, FDAImports.com and ExporttoUSA.com.cn will provide three additional training opportunities FREE in Beijing on June 15, 2011 and in Shanghai on June 17, 2011. These sessions will give attendees the opportunity to receive valuable … READ MORE

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The FDAImports.com and ExporttoUSA.com.cn team is eagerly preparing for the Food and Drug Law Institute (FDLI) US-China Food and Drug Law Conference.   This conference, taking place in Beijing, China on June 13 and 14 2011, will bring expert thinkers and top government officials together to discuss food and drug regulation and policy in the United States and China.  This event is hosted by FDLI and FDAImports.com is a platinum sponsor along with GE Healthcare, Pfizer and Medtronic.   Mr. Benjamin England, founder and CEO of … READ MORE

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