This month marks the 1-year anniversary of President Obama signing into law the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). One of the key implementation dates from the Act was January 4th, 2012, by when the following significant steps were to have been taken by FDA: •...
The FDAImports.com and ExportToUsa.com.cn team recently exhibited and presented at the 2011 China Seafood and Fisheries Expo in Qingdao China from November 1-3. Below are some statistics and quotes from the event. Total miles travelled by FDAImports.com team: 37,357...
FDAImports.com Founder and CEO, Benjamin England, recently led a webinar in conjunction with seafoodsource.com entitled, “Ensuring the Safety of Japanese Seafood.” This webinar addressed the state of food safety and seafood coming from Japan as industry resumes and...
The FDAImports.com exhibited last week and weekend at the 2011 Natural Products Expo in Baltimore, MD. Expo East, put on by New Hope Natural Media, is the east coast's largest gathering of organic manufacturers, producers and importers, drawing thousands of attendees...
On September 11th 2011, Cargill recalled an additional 185,000 pounds of ground turkey citing a potential contamination risk of Salmonella Heidelberg. This recall follows the previous massive recall of 36 million pounds of ground turkey products on August 3rd. In...
UPDATE: 06/23/2017 - How Will FDA Handle Food Imports: Effects of FDA Program Alignment and FSVP This chart illustrates the percentages of U.S. food that is imported from other countries. Based on research by FDA and The U.S. Small Business Administration, this chart...
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...
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...
Months ago the expert consultants at FDAImports.com petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to remove a Chinese processor of soybeans from Import Alert # 99-08, “Detention Without Physical Examination of Processed Foods for Pesticides.” FDA’s basis to...
Companies that are directly affected by a major natural disaster or weather event, such as the Joplin, Missouri tornadoes or the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, should expect a heightened level of federal and state oversight in the future especially when it comes to...
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