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FDA debars importer after guilty plea for seafood mislabeling

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 1 2013

The Food and Drug Administration has debarred seafood importer Richard Stowell from importing food into the United States for three years based on

WTO to field dispute over India’s restrictions on U.S. poultry

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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India, USA
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June 29 2012

The World Trade Organization (WTO) recently agreed to a convene a dispute settlement panel to investigate India’s restrictions on the importation of U.S. poultry, eggs and other agriculture products purportedly due to concerns over avian influenza

U.S. appeals WTO's stance on COOL regulations

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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March 30 2012

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has appealed a ruling made by a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel against the United States in a dispute with Mexico and Canada over country-of-origin labeling (COOL) laws for beef and pork products

United States to appeal WTO ruling on dolphin-safe labeling of tuna

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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January 27 2012

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative has announced that the United States will file an appeal in a dispute with Mexico before the World Trade Organization (WTO) over U.S. labeling provisions that allow producers meeting dolphin-safe requirements to label their products accordingly

Upcoming Codex meeting to discuss food import, export inspections

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 30 2011

The Office for the Under Secretary for Food Safety, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration have announced an October 4, 2011, public meeting in Washington, D.C., to provide information and receive public comments on draft U.S. positions to be discussed at the 19th session of the Codex Committee on Food Import and Export Inspection and Certification Systems (CCFICS) on October 17-21 in Cairns, Australia

Del Monte dismisses lawsuit seeking to lift cantaloupe import restrictions

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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September 30 2011

Del Monte Fresh Produce N.A. has filed a notice of dismissal in a Maryland federal court after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) agreed to lift the import alert it imposed on cantaloupes from Guatemala that had purportedly been linked to a Salmonella outbreak

WTO nixes “dolphin-safe” labels on U.S. tuna

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Global, Mexico, USA
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September 16 2011

Concluding that “dolphin-safe” tuna product labels authorized by the U.S. Commerce Department “are more trade-restrictive than necessary to achieve a legitimate objective,” a World Trade Organization (WTO) panel has given a partial victory to Mexico, which filed a complaint in 2009 claiming that the labels were illegal because they excluded Mexican yellowfin tuna from the U.S. market and shut down one-third of its tuna fleet

WTO panel issues preliminary ruling against COOL

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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Global, USA
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June 17 2011

The World Trade Organization (WTO) has reportedly issued a preliminary ruling that U.S. country-of-origin labeling (COOL) laws violate the organization’s Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade

Imported food safety target of IOM meeting

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 23 2011

The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Food and Nutrition Board has announced a June 7, 2011, meeting that will focus on the safety of imported foods "with the purposed of engaging science, technology, and policy personnel representing the global food supply chain, government agencies, and academia

FDA oversight of imported seafood lacking, says GAO

Shook Hardy & Bacon LLP
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USA
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May 23 2011

The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has issued a report criticizing the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA's) oversight of imported seafood safety