LAREDO, Texas -- An upcoming CBP final rule requiring continuing education for customs brokers could be issued as soon as the first half of 2023, with the continuing education requirements taking effect in 2024 for reporting on the 2027 broker triennial report, said Kiko Zuniga, director of the National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America’s National Education Institute.
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Brian Feito is Managing Editor of International Trade Today, Export Compliance Daily and Trade Law Daily. A licensed customs broker who spent time at the Department of Commerce calculating antidumping and countervailing duties, Brian covers a wide range of subjects including customs and trade-facing product regulation, the courts, antidumping and countervailing duties and Mexico and the European Union. Brian is a graduate of the University of Florida and George Mason University. He joined the staff of Warren Communications News in 2012.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Jan. 18, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
LAREDO, Texas -- CBP hopes to wrap up discussions with the trade on its 21st Century Customs Framework in 2023, “putting a bow” on its consultations with the Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee and putting legislative proposals to Congress, said Brandon Lord, CBP executive director-trade policy and programs.
The Agricultural Marketing Service on Jan. 18 released a final rule requiring submission in ACE of National Organic Program organic certificates for all organic products entering the U.S. as part of the entry process. The agency’s sprawling final rule also sets requirements for organic certifiers, recognition of foreign organic certifications, labeling requirements and the calculation of organic content of multi-ingredient products, among other things.
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Regulatory agencies with a hand in trade included relatively few new trade-related rulemakings in their regulatory agendas for fall 2022. While the Commerce Department did include one new rule related to its antidumping and countervailing duty procedures, FDA, USDA and other partner government agencies (PGAs) largely continued to list rules that had been listed in previous agendas but not yet published.
Milwaukee Tool reportedly denied recent claims that it is selling gloves in the U.S. that are produced at a Chinese prison with convict labor. Posted to the website of the U.K. non-profit Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, the statement refutes allegations from the wife of a Chinese human rights lawyer that the prison where her husband is jailed for subversion is manufacturing Milwaukee gloves sold at major U.S. retailers for little pay and under inhumane working conditions.
FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Jan. 11, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
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FDA has issued its Enforcement Report for Jan. 4, listing the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.