FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for April 27, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
FDA will require that food importers transmit their Data Universal Numbering System number for entries of food subject to the Foreign Supplier Verification Program regulations beginning July 24, it said in a guidance document released April 27. The agency will on that date end a grace period that has allowed importers to instead transmit “UNK” for unknown instead of a DUNS number since 2018 (see 1705100028).
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for April 20, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
Upcoming and much anticipated guidance on compliance with the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) could very well be less detailed than the trade community would like, so importers should treat it like “gravy” and focus on starting now on due diligence efforts in preparation for the new law’s effective date in June, customs lawyer Richard Mojica of Miller & Chevalier said.
CBP recently added a frequently asked questions page to its website on electronic signatures on customs broker powers of attorney (POAs), indicating that it's up to brokers and their clients to determine whether electronic signatures are allowed under the relevant state law, and noting that parties may include a choice of law clause to ensure an electronic signature is legal.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for April 13, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
As a proposed expansion of import data required under the Seafood Import Monitoring Program heads to conference as part of the House-passed America Competes Act, the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s Matt Lahar testified to Congress April 7 that the provisions would be a difficult lift for both importers and the federal government.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for April 6, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
A recent Court of International Trade decision says domestic industry can’t use the interested party petition process to challenge individual entries, and are instead limited to challenges of how CBP treats the category of merchandise as a whole, customs lawyer Larry Richardson of Barnes Richardson said in a blog post April 4.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for March 30, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.