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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Can you spell “ex-am-in-ation”?

Even if you can spell it, can you define it?  If you can’t then you won’t have any surprises this fall while you’re importing food to the USA.  If you can correctly define what an “examination” is then you’d better sit down before you continue reading this.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) examines only 2% of the shipments entering the U.S. market under its jurisdiction, including imported foods. Starting October 1, 2011, under the Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA will beginning charging food importers a fee (based upon an hourly rate) … READ MORE

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