FDAImports.com Founder and CEO Benjamin England recently presented on “FDA Import Enforcement Changes for Chinese Seafood Exporters” at the 10th International Tilapia Industry Development Forum, which was held concurrently with the Dalian (China) Seafood Show. His...
2013 marks the third consecutive year that FDAImports.com has been showcased at the China Fisheries and Seafood Expo. This year Benjamin England, Rick Quinn, John Wu, Shelly Li, and Ge Song attended the show, November 5 to 7, 2013 in Dalian, to meet and connect with...
Benjamin England, FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, and Bill Nychis, Senior Regulatory Advisor, recently co-presented a webinar entitled “FDA Import Holds: New Powers to Control Products.” Mr. England provided an overview of FDA’s drug importation enforcement authority,...
FDA may be having some trouble with its regulations.gov website, but it still wants to hear from industry on proposed rules. FDA had extended the comment period for the FSMA proposed rules for produce safety and preventive controls for human foods to November 15th,...
Benjamin L. England, founder and CEO at FDAImports.com, honored to be invited as a recognized expert in the field of Tilapia, will be speaking on the expert panel in the 10th International Tilapia Industry Development Forum (Venue: Dalian Xinghai Convention &...
Shuttered up and closed - the government shutdown was painful for many U.S. businesses. This was especially true for any business having to deal with FDA. FDA lost over 50% of its employees during the shutdown. Many of those furloughed were investigators and internal...
On September 24, 2013, FDA passed the Final Rule for Unique Device Identifiers (UDI). With some exceptions, the regulation mandates that all medical devices must bear a UDI, which must be issued by FDA or an FDA-accredited issuing agency. FDA or the accredited...
In recent discussions, Ben England, Founder and CEO of FDAImports.com said: "This shutdown will be felt by the trade, but it will not impact food safety. As a general rule, FDA compliance officers are considered essential. Food recall coordinators are usually...
On July 26, 2013, FDA released the proposed regulations for the Foreign Supplier Verification Program ("FSVP") as mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2010. In a video titled "Introduction to Proposed Rules for FSVP," posted on our project FSVP.com, our...
Friday July 26, 2013, FDA released the long-awaited proposed rule for the Food Safety Modernization Act’s (FSMA) Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP). Under the proposed rule, FSVP requires U.S. importers to develop and implement a plan to verify that their...
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