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U.S. Negotiators Endorse Ending Chinese Poultry Ban
U.S. lawmakers negotiating an agriculture spending bill agreed to end a ban on Chinese poultry imports, a decision that may reduce one source of trade friction between the two nations.

The agreement calls for mandatory U.S. safety inspections of Chinese facilities before any cooked chickens could be imported from that nation, Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro, who backed the prohibition, said in a statement today.

The ban had been included in a spending measure approved by Congress earlier this year, prompting China to protest at the World Trade Organization.

For detailed report , click link : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_dZdHA.gaso
 
Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Groups Say Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Gro
 Additional rules designed to improve food safety in the U.S. will add costs for businesses and may not be effective, food-industry groups said.

Scares involving the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, salmonella, listeria and other threats have harmed consumer confidence, prompting industry support for some tougher measures, J. Patrick Boyle, the president of the American Meat Institute, said today at a congressional hearing. The added cost to defend the food supply may be burdensome, he said.

“Only industry can provide safe food,” and voluntary collaboration with government will do more to protect consumers than additional rules, Boyle told the House Agriculture Committee. Boyle’s group represents Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, and other meatpackers.

Congress is increasing the food-safety budget to add inspection resources and considering more than a dozen proposals to combat food-borne illness. They include legislation, approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to grant the Food and Drug Administration authority to order food recalls even when a company refuses to cooperate.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aAD65Z3FeyRo
 
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Importer Workshop Answers Your Question

ImageOn April 29, at Asian culture Center, Oakland, OFA has hosted a sucessful  Food Importer Workshop along with Aemtech Laboratory as a sponsor. The Workshop keynote speakers were including Barbara Cassens(Director, FDA, SF district), Robert Bell(CBP), John Nelson(APHIS,USDA), Suzanne Dent(ISLO, FSIS), Jerry Oliveras(Aemtek) and Raymond Tsui(Custom Broker, Great World) 
Topics were covered:      

- REGULATION OF FOOD IMPORTS 

- Roles of USDA, FDA & CBP – Authority & JurisdictionsImage

- How CBP, USDA & FDA work together

- The role of the Custom’s Broker

- Prior Notice of Entry Filings

- Food Establishment Registration

- Detention without Physical Examination (DWPE)

- Demonstrating Compliance – The private lab’s role

- Petitions for Re-labeling and Reconditioning (Form 766)

- Getting a Release or Refusal Beyond Compliance:

- The Importer’s Role in Food Safety & Food Defense

 
 
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U.S. Negotiators Endorse Ending Chinese Poultry Ban U.S. lawmakers negotiating an agriculture spending bill agreed to end a ban on Chinese poultry imports, a decision that may reduce one source of trade friction between the two nations.

The agreement calls for mandatory U.S. safety inspections of Chinese facilities before any cooked chickens could be imported from that nation, Connecticut Democrat Rosa DeLauro, who backed the prohibition, said in a statement today.

The ban had been included in a spending measure approved by Congress earlier this year, prompting China to protest at the World Trade Organization.

For detailed report , click link : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a_dZdHA.gaso

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Image China Files WTO Complaints Over US Poultry Ban

 Updated April 17, 2009 08:01 PM

GENEVA (Xinhua) - China filed complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO) today about a US law effectively banning imports of Chinese poultry products, saying the law may violate WTO regulations.

Pursuant to Section 727 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, which was already signed into law, the United States effectively prohibits the establishment or implementation of any measures that would allow poultry products to be imported from China, the Chinese WTO mission said.

China is concerned that Section 727 places restrictions on the import from China of poultry products that are inconsistent with the United States' WTO obligations, it added.

 
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Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Groups Say Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Gro  Additional rules designed to improve food safety in the U.S. will add costs for businesses and may not be effective, food-industry groups said.

Scares involving the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, salmonella, listeria and other threats have harmed consumer confidence, prompting industry support for some tougher measures, J. Patrick Boyle, the president of the American Meat Institute, said today at a congressional hearing. The added cost to defend the food supply may be burdensome, he said.

“Only industry can provide safe food,” and voluntary collaboration with government will do more to protect consumers than additional rules, Boyle told the House Agriculture Committee. Boyle’s group represents Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, and other meatpackers.

Congress is increasing the food-safety budget to add inspection resources and considering more than a dozen proposals to combat food-borne illness. They include legislation, approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to grant the Food and Drug Administration authority to order food recalls even when a company refuses to cooperate.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aAD65Z3FeyRo

FDA News
APHIS Amended Regulation to Allow Taiwan Fresh Longan Import

Submitted by Austin Aemtech Laboratory 5/20/2009 

APHIS, USDA are amending the regulations to allow the importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with stems from Taiwan into the United States.  As a condition of entry, the longan will be subject to cold treatment and special port-of-arrival inspection procedures for certain quarantine pests.  In addition, the fruit will have to be accompanied by a phytosanitary certificate stating that the fruit was inspected and found to be free of certain quarantine pests, and the individual cartons or boxes in which the longan are shipped will be stamped or printed with a statement prohibiting their importation into or distribution in the State of Florida.  This action will allow for the importation of commercial shipments of fresh longan with stems from Taiwan into the United States while continuing to provide protection against the introduction of quarantine pests into the United States. This rule is effective June 19, 2009. For additional information go to:

http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=DocketDetail&d=APH
IS-2007-0161
                

 
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FDA's New Approach to Risk Management

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Updated August 1, 2007 12:23;21 PM

It is impossible to read a newspaper, view a news Web site or listen to a TV news report without hearing something negative about trade between the United States and China. In light of the sudden interest in everything Chinese, The Journal of Commerce held a webinar on July 24, “FDA's New Approach to Risk Management -- How It Will Effect Traders' Operations and Bottom Line." While by no means limited to a discussion about China-related FDA issues, China is certainly the impetus for much of the recent Congressional activity surrounding the Food and Drug Administration and how the agency oversees food imports.

The FDA developed an Import Strategic Plan in the 1990s, but like those of other federal agencies, it is understaffed and underfunded, leaving the agency mired in its traditional approach of interdicting shipments at the border upon their arrival.

We are now hearing Congress agree with FDA’s own upper management that the current regime is not working. The question is what will replace it? FDA is talking about centralizing management, but no performance goals have been articulated. FDA is expected to advocate centralizing entry processing at a regional level, but will its information technology system, internally or externally, be able to keep up? Right now, FDA is sampling less than 1 percent of all food imports. Is that enough? Can FDA really sample more? If so, does that make the food supply chain any safer?

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