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Are you Subject to Produce Safety Rule Under FSMA?

By Flegenheimer International Posted on July 1, 2016 Posted in 10+2, ACE, fda, Food & Drug, international import export, PGA, port of long beach, port of los angeles, produce, rice, trade Tagged with ace, carriers, CBP, containers, customs, customs broker, food, fruit, import, Import Permit, international trade, ocean freight, perishables, PGA, port of long beach, seafood, terminals, trade, USDA, vegetables, westcoast ports

The following are the basic criteria that will determine whether an operation that meets the definition “farm” is subject to the produce rule: First, Does your farm grow, harvest, pack or hold produce? If your answer is yes, you are …

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Final Rule on Foreign Supplier Verification Programs (FSVP) for Importers of Food for Humans and Animals under FSMA (Food Safety Modernization Act) and Its Compliance Dates

By Flegenheimer International Posted on June 15, 2016 Posted in ACE, ACE Cargo Release, customs, customs food, cuttlefish, dairy, duties, faq, fda, fees, Food & Drug, free trade, freight, importer responsibility, international import export, labeling, NHTSA, NOAA, octopus, PGA, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, prior notice, produce, rice, seafood, shrimp, squid, terminals, trade, tuna, usda, west coast Tagged with ace, air freight, carriers, CBP, containers, customs, customs broker, fda, food, freight, fruit, FSMA, FSVP, import, international trade, NMFS, ocean freight, perishables, PGA, port of long beach, produce, seafood, shellfish, shipments, terminals, trade, Tuna, USDA, vegetables

According to FDA, they will inspect FSVP importers to ensure they are in compliance. The compliance dates must be noted below: May 30, 2017 For the importation of food from a supplier that is subject to the preventive controls or …

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FDA Releases Final Rule on Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) for Produce Farms and Imported Food to Strengthen Food Safety System

By Flegenheimer International Posted on February 18, 2016 Posted in ACE, ACE Cargo Release, customs, customs food, fda, Food & Drug, international import export, PGA, port of long beach, port of los angeles, ports, prior notice, produce, seafood, usda Tagged with ace, air freight, carriers, CBP, containers, customs, customs broker, fda, Fish & Wildlife, fish and wildlife, food, freight, fruit, import, port of long beach, produce, shellfish, vegetables

Last November 13,2015 FDA finalized the rules of implementing the bipartisan Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) that, for the first time, establish enforceable safety standards for produce farms and make importers accountable for verifying that imported food meets U.S. safety …

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Newsflash: African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) Suspension of Duty Free Treatment and Trans-Pacific Partnership (TTP) Update

By Flegenheimer International Posted on November 6, 2015 Posted in containers, free trade, gsp, international import export, produce, seafood, squid, terminals, trade, tuna, Uncategorized, usda Tagged with air freight, carriers, containers, customs, customs broker, food, freight, GSP, import, international trade, ocean freight, perishables, terminals, trade

In an effort to keep you up to date on the latest news regarding Trade Agreements that affect the importation of your product, here are a few articles we thought you might be interested in: African Growth Opportunity Act (AGOA) …

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What is Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Trade Agreement? Why do you need to know about it?

By Flegenheimer International Posted on October 7, 2015 Posted in containers, country of orgin, customs, customs food, duties, faq, free trade, freight, gsp, importer responsibility, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, produce, seafood, terminals, trade, west coast Tagged with air freight, carriers, containers, customs, customs broker, food, GSP, import, Import Permit, international trade, ocean freight, perishables, port congestion

Some of you might have heard about Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the TPP is a trade agreement between several Pacific Rim countries concerning a variety of matters of economic policy. Among other things, the TPP will seek to lower trade barriers …

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CBP and FDA Outage Today Septermber 22,2015

By Flegenheimer International Posted on September 22, 2015 Posted in 10+2, cargo fees, China, clean trucks, containers, customs, customs food, dairy, duties, faq, fda, fees, Food & Drug, free trade, freight, importer responsibility, international import export, isf, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, prior notice, produce, rice, seafood, shrimp, terminals, trade Tagged with air freight, carriers, chassis, congestions, containers, customs, customs broker, fda, Fish & Wildlife, food, freight, import, international trade, ocean freight, seafood, terminals, trade, westcoast ports

Please be advised that the link between CBP and FDA has been down nationwide since last night. This was preventing us from receiving ABI (Electronic) releases from FDA and CBP. As of right now, it looks like CBP has resolved …

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An Update on the Renewal of the Generalized System of Preference (GSP) and The Refund Process

By Flegenheimer International Posted on July 24, 2015 Posted in containers, country of orgin, customs, customs food, duties, faq, fees, Food & Drug, free trade, gsp, importer responsibility, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, produce, seafood Tagged with containers, customs, customs broker, Free Trade, freight, GSP, import, international trade, ocean freight, perishables, Refund, trade

On June 29, 2015, the President signed the bill that reauthorizes GSP through December 31, 2017 and makes GSP retroactive to July 31, 2013. As provided in the Act, duty-free treatment of GSP-eligible imports will become effective 30 days after …

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Draft Guidance for Industry on the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program for Food Importers

By Flegenheimer International Posted on June 19, 2015 Posted in customs, customs food, fda, fees, Food & Drug, freight, importer responsibility, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, prior notice, produce, rice, seafood, shrimp, squid Tagged with dairy, food, food importers, FSMA, HACCP, import, perishables, seafood, trade, VQIP

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the availability of a draft guidance for industry on the Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP) for importers of human or animal food. What do Importers need to know about the Voluntary Qualified …

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Container Weight Limitations

By Flegenheimer International Posted on March 30, 2015 Posted in cargo fees, clean trucks, containers, fees, port of long beach, port of los angeles, port of oakland, ports, produce, seafood, strike, terminals, trade Tagged with carriers, chassis, congestions, containers, drivers, freight, import, international trade, maximumweight, ocean freight, overweight, perishables, port congestion, port of long beach, port of los angeles, produce, shellfish, shipments, terminals, trade, trucker shortage, truckers, weightlimit, westcoast ports

United States has a regulatory requirements on all cargo overland movement within North America. It is governed by weight restriction laws by both federal and local government agencies. There are serious consequences should you exceed the legal limits, such as …

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Newsflash: Possible DHS Shutdown

By Flegenheimer International Posted on February 27, 2015 Posted in customs, customs food, fda, Fish and Wildlife, Food & Drug, freight, international import export, port of long beach, port of los angeles, ports, produce, shutdown, trade, Uncategorized Tagged with Cargo, CBP, DHS, F&W, fda, funding, immigration, import, shutdown, USDA

Customs may have to furlough 6000 employees if a funding issue is not resolved by midnight of February 27,2015. There was a conference call made between NCBFAA and CBP Commissioner, R. Gil Kerlikowske discussing what the impact will be to …

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