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CFIA – Meat and Fish Updates

The following is provided by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. The following has been added to CFIA’s website. “Industry Notice- CFIA Monitoring of Aquacultured Fishfish for Steroids” The purpose of …



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FDA – Releases Guidance on Prior Notice

For the first time since 2004, the Food and Drug Administration updated their guidance on prior notice for foods. Among the updates, the FDA has issued a final rule that …



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FDA – Prioritizing ACE Entries

The Foods and Drug Administration is providing priority processing for ACE entries.  The processing time for manual review and release is 25% faster and release times for document reviews are …



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CBP – Intercepts $680,000 in Counterfeit Championship Rings

While conducting regular operations at a consignment facility, the US Customs Cargo Enforcement team selected a shipment of rings from China.  Upon review, this package contained 136 counterfeit championship rings …



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CBP – Entries with FCC Data Rejected in Error

On Wednesday June 15th, some entries that contained FCC information were rejected in US Customs system. Changes to approximately 200 tariff numbers led to these rejections.  This error has been …



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TSCA Reform Bill goes to White House for Approval

On June 7th, the US Senate passed the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.  This Act will give the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) more ability to …



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CBP will Increase Enforcement in NHTSA Entries in ACE

Entry filers will begin to see more rejects in the ACE system for entries that are regulated by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).  CBP had previously been issuing …



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US Customs sets June 15th Deadline for FDA ACE Transmissions

If you import products to the United States that are regulated by the FDA, your entries will be submitted through the new ACE system beginning June 15th, per CBP.  Please …



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FDA’s PREDICT System ‘Working as Intended’

Five years after its first implementation at the Food and Drug Administration, the Government Accountability Office has determined the PREDICT system is working well by targeting high risk shipments.  As …



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CBSA – Departmental Updates

The following have been updated on the Canada Border Services Agency website. D19-4-1, Export and Import of Cultural Property This memorandum has been updated to revise information contained in the …



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Health Canada – Chemical Substances

The following have been updated on the Health Canada website Asphalt and Distillate Aromatic Extracts The draft screening assessments for asphalt and oxidized asphalt and for distillate aromatic extracts were …



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Industry Labelling Tool Update – Allergen Infographic

To assist industry in understanding and complying with allergen labelling requirements, the following has been posted on the CFIA website: Fact Sheet containing Allergen Labelling Tips for the Food Industry …



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CFIA – Meat and Fish Updates

The following are available on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website. List of Establishments approved to export meat to Mexico in Chapter 11 of the Meat Hygiene Manual of Procedures …



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Anti-Dumping Duties

The following is available on the Canadian International Trade Tribunal  website Gypsum Board (Preliminary Injury Inquiry No. PI-2016-001) The Canadian International Trade Tribunal (the Tribunal) hereby gives notice that, pursuant …



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Anti-Dumping Duties

The following can be viewed in its entirety on the Canadian International Trade Tribunal website Hot-Rolled Steel Sheet and Strip, Expiry Review No. RR-2015-002 IN THE MATTER OF an expiry …



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