The Foods and Drug Administration has begun regulating e-cigarettes and nicotine dissolvable products effective August 8th, 2016. Â These products will now be subject to FDA tobacco regulations. Â These regulations include, …
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) will now ban imports of fish from countries that are not deemed to have comparable marine mammal protections. Â This final rule states that a …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now be regulating composite wood products in sixty (60) days. Â The purpose of this is to reduce formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products that …
Starting August 8th, the FDA’s new regulations for tobacco and e-cigarettes came into effect.  If your company imports e-liquids, tobacco products, or tobacco accessories, this will impact your business.  The …
This week the trade community received a message regarding the FDA’s new FSVP program that is part of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA).  The FSMA mandated the creation of …
Certain Pup Joints, Initiation of Expiry Review Investigation The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), initiated an expiry review concerning the dumping and subsidizing of pup joints originating in or exported …
The following is available on the Health Canada website. Consultation Document A consultation document entitled The Proposed Prioritization Approach for Nanoscale Forms of Substances on the Domestic Substances List was …
Prepackaged Products that Do Not Require a List of Ingredients Clarification on the exemption from declaring the list of ingredients for prepackaged products that are packed on retail premises from …
The following have been updated on the Canada Border Services Agency website. Pup Joints -Initiation of Expiry Review Investigation - 2016-08-03 As a result of the CITT’s expiry review, the Canada …
US Customs has issued a CSMS message indicating the APHIS-ACE pilot program will be concluding and all APHIS regulated shipments must be transmitted with the new data requirements at some …
US Customs and border Protection Agriculture Specialists discovered a rare beetle in a shipment of Persian Limes from Mexico. Â During the inspection, the specialists discovered a live insect and submitted …
US Customs has updated the Customs Valuation Encyclopedia for the first time since 2010. Â This informed compliance publication now will include Customs rulings through 2015. The new language in the …
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will now be regulating composite wood products in sixty (60) days. Â The purpose of this is to reduce formaldehyde emissions from composite wood products that …
What is off-setting and when will it be in place? The fundamental principle of off-setting relies on financial management best practice where a disbursement is not issued to a recipient …
As a next step in preparing for the transition to off-setting, importers are advised to verify the mailing address information in their Canada Revenue Agency records. In ARL, all refunds …
