August 28, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg testified on the Hill in June stating the national roll-out of PREDICT is back on track. Currently, this FDA targeting system is operational in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco and Seattle...
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February 17, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
The article from "The Australian" magazine at the link below was penned by a senior Australian Trade Union...
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February 07, 2011By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On January 28, 2011, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) released Customs Notice CN-11-001 "Implementation of the Strengthening of the Canada Border Services Agency's Procedures Respecting the Importation of Goods...
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January 31, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Tricks of the Trade – February 10, 2011The Food & Drug Administration and the New Food Safety Law.
Join us to learn the latest developments at the FDA and how the new food safety law will change how you do business.
This...
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January 22, 2011By: Susan Kohn Ross
Originally published in the January 2011 Journal of Commerce Magazine
In the waning days of an otherwise stagnant time, the lame-duck session of the 111th Congress produced a number of remarkable pieces of legislation. For...
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January 11, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
The International Chamber of Commerce ("ICC") (not to be confused with the International Cricket Council) has now released its new "Incoterms 2010" which will come into effect on 1 January 2011.
Incoterms are an...
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January 11, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
In accordance with seasonal tradition, we thought we would bring you an update as to current developments as we reach the end of 2010.
International Developments
Australia has been involved with a number of recent...
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January 11, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
According to various reports, the New South Wales Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the New South Wales Consumer Trader and Tenancy Tribunal ("Tribunal") in the DV Kelly case (see our updates of 7 May 2010, 13 May 2010...
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January 11, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
Background
I thought it would be useful to provide the following summary on the status of claims associated with the Federal Government Home Insulation Scheme and efforts to recover allegedly excessive container detention...
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January 11, 2011By: Andrew Hudson
In an earlier article, I had referred to negotiations regarding the proposed Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement ("ACTA"). At that time, there were reported concerns that it would introduce additional reporting obligations...
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September 14, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
The WTO schedule shows that from September 14-16, 2010, a WTO Dispute Settlement Body Panel first substantive meeting regarding cases DS/384 "United States of America — Certain Country of Origin Labelling (Cool) Requirements"...
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June 07, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
In the June 4, 2010 Federal Register at
edocket.access.gpo.gov/2010/2010-13403.htm, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service published information about the next meeting of Codex, the WTO’s sanitary and phytosanitary...
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April 23, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
The Obama Administration has now articulated the President's vision to expand exports significantly over the next five (5) years. To do so, Mr. Obama has established an Export Promotion Cabinet. He has also brought together...
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April 22, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Jeffery Simpson of the National Post wrote a good article on April 20, 2010 about one of the Canadian thorns in world free trade, Canada's supply management laws, regulations, policies and practices in the agricultural sector. To...
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April 15, 2010By: Susan Kohn Ross
When filing Prior Notice in advance of the importation into the U.S. of food, FDA has identified the most common errors as:
1) Ultimate consignee is incomplete or wrong;
2) Manufacturer name and address is incomplete or...
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March 23, 2010By: Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
On March 22, 2010, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) initiated an antidumping case against greenhouse bell peppers from the Netherlands. I should start with a caveat that Geoff Kubrick of Lang Michener LLP filed the...
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