Food and Drug Administration posted Biennial Registration Renewal. All food facilities must renew their registration with FDA from October 1, 2016 through December 31, 2016. FDA renewal post is available…
Category: <span>Product Regulation</span>
Last week entities associated with “Cotton Campaign” filed a petition alleging that entities such as Ikea sell products from Turkmenistan that are made through use of forced labor. The complaint…
FDA’s reporting requirements are relaxed with respect to active ingredient producer for drugs; trade names for biologics, drugs, tobacco, radiation products; intended use reporting for certain products; and device listing…
Yesterday, Mr. Obama approved law affecting trade generally, and customs law particularly. The Act is available at this link: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/644/text The law will affect informal entries under 19 U.S.C. 1321…
In October 2015, Department of Justice published conviction and penalty information of Lumber Liquidators Inc.’ criminal activities (also available here). The fine is $13,150,000. According to February 2, 2016 Google…
Just over two years ago, LawCustoms published an article Antidumping Whistleblowers Beaware! The article involved allegedly false declarations by importers designed to avoid antidumping duties, namely pencils. Article emphasized the…
I am happy to introduce to LawCustoms readers a guest article from folks at Natilus Inc. The article is futuristic, brave, and in light of rise of drone popularity in…
On April 23, 2014 CBP’s Virginia McPherson advised international trade community that products from Crimea, marked as “Product of Russia,” “Made in Russia,” “Contents Made in Russia” can be subject…
The author feels that enough has been written on the LED topic. See here and here. Yet, LawCustoms statistics indicate an interest of our visitors to this topic. Additionally, our…
Few years back, we published a list of links that U.S. based international trade community should check prior to engaging in a transaction. Time has come to update the list…