This is an update to CSMS #60588866, issued on May 14, 2024, regarding the importer obligations and requirements in completing origin documents such as origin declarations, origin statements, and certifications of origin documents. On May 14, 2024, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issued guidance concerning an increase in the use of consignee information where importer …
READ MOREPursuant to the General Notice (89 FR 59126) published July 22, 2024, adjustments to certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations, as codified in 19 U.S.C. § 58c, will take effect on October 1, 2024. These adjustments are being made in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act), Public Law …
READ MOREToday, the USDA published an updated version of the National Organic Program (NOP) Handbook. This public resource provides USDA-accredited certifiers and certified operations with guidance, instructions, and other policy documents that can help them comply with the USDA organic regulations. Several handbook documents have been updated or archived because they have been replaced by new …
READ MOREPursuant to the General Notice (88 FR 48900) published July 28, 2023, adjustments to certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations, as codified in 19 U.S.C. § 58c, will take effect on October 1, 2023. These adjustments are being made in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act), Public Law …
READ MOREThe USDA Agricultural Marketing Service National Organic Program (NOP) has published the Strengthening Organic Enforcement rule. This regulation will go into effect in March 2023, and there will be a year-long phase-in period to allow filers to test the new process. Mandatory compliance will occur in March 2024. NOP is currently building new technology to minimize …
READ MOREU.S. Customs and Border Protection will host two webinars in January addressing Forced Labor prevention requirements. You must register for each webinar individually. The Office of Trade will host a webinar on January 26, 2023, at 2:00 p.m., ET. This webinar, Forced Labor 101, will focus on forced labor topics including relevant legislation, CBP enforcement, …
READ MOREThe Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has added new resources to its website relating to the New Era of Smarter Food Safety which brokers and their food importer clients will find useful. Each of the Smarter Food Safety priority areas, called Core Elements, is now featured separately on a web-page that highlights its initiatives and links …
READ MOREThe FDA will consider the registration of a food facility to be expired if a facility’s registration is not renewed by December 31, 2022. There is no fee associated with registration or renewal. Owners, operators, or agents in charge of food facilities must submit their renewal information electronically through their FDA Industry Systems account, unless they have …
READ MOREThe FDA reports that, for food entries, they continue to receive entry lines with an invalid syntax for the email transmitted in PG21 for the FSV entity. As a result, starting August 8, the agency will tweak the system to ensure that FDA receives an email with a valid syntax. Refer to PG21 in FDA’s ACE Supplemental Guide for …
READ MOREPursuant to the General Notice (87 FR 46973) published August 1, 2022, adjustments to certain customs user fees and corresponding limitations, as codified in 19 U.S.C. § 58c, will take effect on October 1, 2022. These adjustments are being made in accordance with the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act of 2015 (FAST Act), Public Law …
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