The Consumer Product Safety Program of Health Canada would like to invite you to a webinar for industry on the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act. This webinar is meant to …

Transport Canada has provided an update to their pre-clearance program. This update includes changes to Appendices F & G as well as clarifying that compliance specialists cannot list themselves as …

The Port of Long Beach reported a 20 percent decline in movement of containers during the month of February compared to this month last year in 2014. Both Imports and …

Recently, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a Federal Order, FO-2015-14, which suspended all imports of fruit and vegetable commodities known to be …

With the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) having been in effect a little over four years now, FDA has been working to meet the court-ordered deadlines for major rules. FSMA …

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing a new approach to issuing import permits for commonly traded plants intended for planting and propagation. Importers may now apply for permission …

The following have been updated and are available on the Canada Border Services Agency website  D7-2-3, Obsolete or Surplus Goods D7-4-1, Duties Relief Program D8-2-19, Application of the Investigation Drugs, …

, Canada’s Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness, the Honourable Steven Blaney; and U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, Jeh Johnson, signed the Agreement on Land, Rail, Marine …

The contact phone numbers for Alberta and British Columbia have been changed and updated on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency website.

As part of continuous improvement, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is always looking for ways to support industry compliance with federal requirements. In line with this goal, the CFIA …

A basic edition of the 2015 Harmonized Tariff Schedules (HTS) took effect on January 29, 2015.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has posted Import Alerts by Major Revision Date.

In a recent Federal Register, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the name change of its Design for the Environment (DfE) program to The Safer Choice program. Revised labels are …

Effective on March 18, 2015, the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) will enforce the new requirements for foreign inspection certificates. Filers must begin submitting foreign inspection certificates meeting the …

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is implementing measures to protect Canada’s poultry resources from an outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza reported in poultry in the states of Missouri, …