USDA Announces Tomato Inspection Meetings
USDA has scheduled two meetings to discuss the implementation plan for inspections under the new tomato suspension agreement. The new suspension agreement resulted in the U.S. lifting punitive tariffs placed on Mexican tomato imports but requires shipments of most tomatoes from Mexico to be inspected by USDA for quality. The meetings are scheduled as follows.
- Nogales, AZ. January 28th, 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 pm Best Western, 750 Shell Rd.
- Otay Mesa/San Diego. January 30th, 10:00 am Southwestern College, Otay Mesa Campus
Please contact us at info@usfoodimports.com or 202.765.1800 to participate.
AMS Releases Proposed GIPSA Rule
The rule spells out factors to be considered by AMS in determining whether packers, swine contractors or poultry dealers have engaged in anticompetitive practices.
Minimum Age for Tobacco Purchases Raised to 21 Nationwide
It is now illegal for a retailer to sell any tobacco product—including cigarettes, cigars and e-cigarettes—to anyone under 21.
Effective immediately, retailers must not sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21. FDA recognizes that both the agency and some retailers will need to update current practices to implement this new law as FDA will need time to do outreach and education to retailers and update the Agency’s programmatic work to reflect this change in law. During this period of transition, the FDA expects retailers to follow the law and take measures to ensure an individual purchasing a tobacco product is 21 or older, including manually checking IDs when needed. However, during this ramp-up period, FDA will continue to only use minors under the age of 18 in its compliance check program.
Latest FDA Import Alerts
FDA has updated import alerts on seafood, soft cheeses, illegal color additives, undeclared allergens and more.
FSIS Updates List of Establishments from Canada, Australia and Brazil Eligible to Export to U.S.
Latest FDA Warning Letters:
Posted Date |
Company |
Issuing Office |
Subject |
1/14/2020 |
Country Fresh Inc. |
Office of Human and Animal Food Operations West Division 3 |
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated/L. monocytogenes |
01/14/2020 |
Tugusto Foods, Inc. |
Office of Human and Animal Foods Division 4 East |
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated |
01/14/2020 |
Health Pharma USA LLC |
Division of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations I |
CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated |
01/14/2020 |
James Findling |
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER |
Clinical Investigator |
01/14/2020 |
Huaian Zongheng Bio-Tech Co., Ltd |
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER |
CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated |
1/14/2020 |
Country Fresh Inc. |
Office of Human and Animal Food Operations West Division 3 |
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated/L. monocytogenes |
01/14/2020 |
Tugusto Foods, Inc. |
Office of Human and Animal Foods Division 4 East |
CGMP/Food/Prepared, Packed or Held Under Insanitary Conditions/Adulterated |
01/14/2020 |
Health Pharma USA LLC |
Division of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations I |
CGMP/Finished Pharmaceuticals/Adulterated |
01/14/2020 |
James Findling |
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research | CDER |
Clinical Investigator |
Please contact Erik Lieberman at elieberman@usfoodimports.com or 202.765.1800 if you have questions or would like additional information.
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