Rick Quinn, Principal at FDAImports.com, and Shelly Li, Regulatory Specialist of ExportToUsa.com.cn, traveled to China to visit companies listed on FDA Import Alert in March.

The team intended to increase Chinese companies’ awareness and understanding of FDA rules and regulations, as well as how to successfully export FDA-regulated products to the United States. During this trip, the team visited companies throughout  the provinces of Guangdong and Hainan. They visited industry members involved with food (mainly seafood), cosmetics, devices, etc.

Companies showed great interest in what FDAImports.com has to offer, especially in learning more about … READ MORE

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The advent of Prop 37 portends great things for the small business organic and natural food industry, which has been forced until now to compete with big corporate agriculture. Prop 37 exempts from GMO labeling any food that is certified organic under the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Organics Program (NOP). It also exempts food that is certified GMO-free by an independent organization approved by the State of California. Thus, Prop 37 rewards organic producers and distributors that follow … READ MORE

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The FDA has “a total of about 50 full time equivalents to regulate a very large and growing industry,” said Michael Landa, Director of the Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition at the FDA in a statement made during a Senate hearing on the safety of cosmetics a few weeks ago. Landa went on to state that although the cosmetics industry is moving product in the billions of dollars, FDA has little more than a dozen employees that actually work in the trenches of … READ MORE

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In an executive order signed last week, President Obama ordered all government agencies to conduct a cost-benefit analysis before issuing a new regulation and to develop any future regulations in the least-burdensome manner possible and with specific performance goals. Obama also instructed federal agencies to seek and assess all available alternatives to direct regulation before issuing a new rule.

In an opinion piece published in The Wall Street Journal, Obama singled out the FDA as an example of an agency whose regulations have caused confusion.

Cost benefit analysis must benefit the government too, you know.  Obama is not saying “Be nice … READ MORE

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