Small Food Importers Respond to FDA Imported Food Fees: “We are Here! We are Here! We are Here!”
“My six year old daughter loves the classic story of a faithful and kind old elephant who has the ears to hear the sound of a very small person swirling through the space flotsam and jetsam on the surface of a small speck of dust – to the chagrin of a sour kangaroo...
FDA Re-Examination Fees For Small Businesses: Do You Feel Lucky? Well, Do Ya?
In our August 11 blog post, we alerted our readers to new fees that FDA will begin extracting from food importers and foreign food manufacturers at $224 per hour ($335/hour for foreign travel). FDA will charge the new fees whenever FDA “re-examines” imported food it...
The 4 Common Mistakes of Importing Cosmetics to the USA
Are you a cosmetics manufacturer or importer bringing in product to the United States? The FDA is serious about regulating cosmetics, especially when it comes to color additives (see chart). Make sure you’re not making one of these common mistakes when it comes to...
3 Lessons Every Importer Must Learn From The Turkey Salmonella Recall
36 million pounds of ground turkey. That’s a ton of meat, 18,000 tons of meat to be precise. That’s the weight of 120 million brand-new iphones (without the box). So if almost everyone in Japan bought an iphone-4 today and then put them all on a scale, that’s how...
FDA’s New Border Fees Set the Stage For Massive Increase In Food Costs
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...
The FDA Import Refusal Report: Many Ways In, No Way Out?
FDA re-posted its Import Refusal Report on its website, as we reported in March. For each refused-entry, FDA gives the manufacturer’s name and address, the importer’s product description, and FDA’s rationale for the refusal, along with other information. FDA, like...
FDAImports.com Helps Correct Cosmetic Labeling Crisis
FDAImports recently assisted a cosmetics company in correcting a labeling issue and subsequently attaining release on their detained product. FDA had detained an entry of their cosmetics because the ingredient list named a color additive based on the Color Index name...
FDAImports.com Overcomes Import Alerts and Other Obstacles: 2 Success Stories
FDAImports.com recently declared victory for two clients with many shipments of products under FDA automatic detention due to FDA Import Alerts. An Import Alert will always cause shipment delays, supply-chain risks, increased costs and budget overages, not to mention...
FDA By The Numbers: Budget, Staff and Significant Events Since 1930
The Food and Drug Administration is no small government agency. In 2009 it boasted a 2.6 billion dollar budget and employed over 11,500 people spread from its suburban Maryland Headquarters to various national and international offices. The charts and data below...
FDA Announces Agency Restructuring: A Change For The Better?
FDAImports.com has obtained a copy of some very recent email correspondence sent by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg to her employees announcing her decision to restructure the agency’s top management tier. Although she cites...