By Dara Katcher Levy – On December 23, 2009, FDA filed a Motion To Dismiss the First Fishery import matter that we previously blogged about back in late October. In short, First Fishery had filed suit seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief with regard to its …
By Dara Katcher Levy – On October 21, 2009, First Fishery Development Services filed suit against FDA seeking declaratory judgment and injunctive relief with regard to its product’s placement on Import Alert 99-08 – Detention Without Physical Examination of Processed Foods for Pesticides. According to the …
The latest issue of the Food and Drug Law Institute’s “Update” magazine features articles written by four Hyman, Phelps & McNamara, P.C. attorneys. The first article, titled “Imported Products – FDA Is Not Fooling Around,” was written by Dara Katcher Levy and John R. Fleder. It …
By Riëtte van Laack – The United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”) finalized its rulemaking concerning Country of Origin Labeling (“COOL”) mandated by the 2002 and 2008 Farm Bills. The final rule requires that retailers notify customers of the country of origin of covered commodities (meat …
By Ricardo Carvajal – Several federal agencies, including FDA, have jointly issued a draft guidance for comment purposes only that recommends a wide range of practices intended to help ensure that imported products comply with applicable federal laws. The action was taken pursuant to a …
Representative John Dingell (D-MI) has revised several of the drug-related sections of the Discussion Draft of the FDA Globalization Act (“FDAGA”). We first reported on the Discussion Draft, which has received significant attention from industry and stakeholder groups alike, in April 2008. Updated sections of the …
On February 4, 2008, FDA announced that the Bush Administration is requesting nearly $2.4 billion ($1.77 billion in budget authority and $628 million in user fees) for the Agency as part of the Fiscal Year 2009 budget. Of particular interest in the proposed FY2009 budget …
Earlier this year, President Bush signed Executive Order 13439 establishing the Interagency Working Group on Import Safety (“Working Group”). The Working Group, chaired by Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, was charged with conducting a comprehensive review of current import safety practices …
Horace Scudder’s 1915 “The Book of Fables and Folk Stories” includes a story, titled “The Arab and His Camel,” that ends with the moral “It is a wise rule to resist the beginnings of evil.” This is, of course, a parable of the Middle Eastern …
