November 14, 2024 If you are interested to participate or currently participating in FDA’s VQIP, please see below updated guidance released by the FDA today: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today released guidancewith revisions to the FDA Food …

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To our organic importers, Please read the following information sent today by USDA on issuance of electronic NOP certificates. Please communicate with your exporters and their certifiers to avoid delay on processing clearance of your shipments containing organic products. Without …

USDA Update on Organic Imports: NOP GLOBAL INTEGRITY Intermittent Outages System May Be Temporarily Unavailable Read more »

 FDA Reminder: Registration or Renewal of Food Facility Registration (FFR) between October 1 and December 31, 2024 Flegenheimer would like to remind food importers, manufacturers, and exporters to make sure their FDA registration numbers are up to date. Failure to …

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Pursuant to the General  published July 22, 2024, adjustments to certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations, as codified in 19 U.S.C. § 58c, will take effect on October 1, 2024. These adjustments are being made in accordance with the Fixing …

CSMS # 61572319 – Information on Customs User Fee Changes Effective October 1, 2024 Read more »

If you have shipments arriving at the port of Los Angeles and Long Beach, please see below announcement. LONG BEACH, Calif., August 1, 2024 – The West Coast MTO Agreement (WCMTOA) today announced that on September 1, 2024, the Traffic …

TMF at Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Increase 6% on September 1, 2024 Read more »

This message is for permittees who hold a permit issued in ePermits. APHIS will decommission ePermits in 2024.If your permit was issued in ePermits, you must apply and establish an account in APHIS eFile to continue working with regulated materials.• …

APHIS Reminds Stakeholders to Submit an eFile Application—Before ePermits is Decommissioned—to Avoid Delays Read more »

 Import Restrictions Lifted on Certain New Zealand Fish and Fish Products The United States Court ofInternational Trade lifted the Preliminary Injunction that prohibited theimportation of all snapper, tarakihi, spotted dogfish, trevally, warehou, hoki,barracouta, mullet, and gurnard fish and fish products …

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The Department of Commerce (DOC) had published through the Federal Register Notice the preliminary affirmative countervailing duty determination on Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from India and Vietnam on April 1st, and from Ecuador on April 2nd. This means, effective on these …

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