U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced that efective November 17, 2008, all shipments of firewood from Canada must have been heat treated prior to importation into the U.S. This requirement was set out in an order...
Canada is set to impose new organic labeling requirements and certification requirements in December 2008. An article in the September 5, 2008 issue of Canada's Lawyer's Weekly newspaper discusses the regulatory changes and...
Purely Juice is a pomegranate juice manufacturer based in California. It was ordered to pay a $1.5 million judgment to a competitor for false and misleading claims. Claiming that its suppliers had given it faulty Certificates of...
Wondering what is going on in China? Take a look at english.gov.cn, the official government website, which posts most of its articles in English.
The following article appears on the Reuters website at www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUST34238. Reuters holds the copyright on this story but it is being republished here strictly for informational purposes....
It is truly painful to watch the "gymnastics" the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are going through trying to figure out the cause of the current salmonella outbreak. Their...
Canada's National Post Newspaper is reporting on the growing opposition to Bill C-51 "An Act to amend the Food and Drugs Act and to make consequential amendments to other Acts". To review a copy of the First Reading version of...
On May 21, 2008, Prime Minister Harper announced that Canada would introduce new food labelling guidelines covering when food products may be labelled as "Made in Canada" or "Product of Canada". Affected parties may submit...
All too often, an importer brings goods into the U.S. which are accepted as beneficial in other countries, only to find they cannot be imported into the U.S. generally because there are health claims made which violate the U.S....
Partnering with the Hawaii Dept. of Agriculture, Motorola Inc., Lowry Computer Products Inc. and GlobeRanger Inc. are providing the technology for a tracking program which will kick off a pilot project to track tomatoes and other...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Food Protection Plan was released in November 2007. Against the backdrop of the publicity surrounding tainted food from China (and there is, of course, tainted food coming from other...
Canada's Globe & Mail newspaper reports that on April 16, 2008, Health Canada may label bisphenol A a dangerous substance. However, it is not expected that Health Canada or other governmental departments will, in the near...
Effective September 30, 2008, all fruits and vegetables (and other named commodities) sold in the U.S. will have to be marked with their country of origin.
In 2002, the Farm Act amended the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to...
Trade with Dubai and the United Arab Emirates is increasing. In fact, Dubai is a new land of many opportunities. However, Canadians and other travelers have not familiarized themselves with the laws of the UAE and are...
This is the first time that I will refer Trade Lawyers Blog readers to China Law Blog. China Law Blog has posted an article Bad China Products. Hey, It's a Criminal Thing -...
On January 16, 2008, Health Canada issued revised Guidelines for the Canadian Pharmaceutical Industry on Reporting Adverse Reactions to Marketed Drugs (Vaccines Excluded). The revised guidelines, when finalized, will...
