FDA Blocks 20 Shipments of Imported Orange Juice »
2/3/2012 4:52:43 PM
The Food and Drug Administration blocked more shipments of orange juice from entering the U.S. and found traces of an illegal fungicide in domestic juice. However, although the FDA will maintain its ... Read More...
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Customs Brokers Take Clean Truck Fee Complaints to FMC »
1/31/2012 1:52:55 PM
Cargo interests and customs brokers complained to the Federal Maritime Commission that trucking companies in Los Angeles-Long Beach are still charging a clean-truck fee even though the ports stopped ... Read More...
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Illegal Fungicide Detected in 11 Juice Shipments »
1/27/2012 7:32:32 PM
Federal regulators said Friday they found traces of an illegal fungicide in 11 out of 80 shipments of imported orange juice stopped at the U.S. border for testing. The Food and Drug Administration de... Read More...
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FDA Clears 19 Orange Juice Shipments »
1/20/2012 8:09:56 PM
The Food and Drug Administration has cleared 19 international shipments of orange juice tested for an illegal fungicide and released 12 shipments into the U.S., but the federal agency said Friday it ... Read More...
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FDA Clears First Orange Juice Shipments »
1/16/2012 5:14:28 PM
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the first three shipments of imported orange juice tested for an illegal fungicide, but 28 shipments of juice and concentrate are still on hold pending test r... Read More...
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FDA To Freeze Orange Juice Import Supply Chain »
1/12/2012 6:26:07 PM
The Food and Drug Administration is freezing orange juice imports at U.S. ports while it tests shipments for the presence of the fungicide carbendazim. The “test and hold” policy covers all imported ... Read More...
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FMC Filings Argue Harbor Tax Doesn't Shift Cargo to Canada »
1/11/2012 3:34:25 PM
Importers aren’t shifting U.S-bound containers through Canadian ports because they want to avoid paying the Harbor Maintenance Tax, according to the majority comments made in Federal Maritime Commiss... Read More...
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Seattle Seeks to End Harbor Tax 'Loophole' »
1/11/2012 3:31:25 PM
The Port of Seattle is stepping up pressure on the Federal Maritime Commission over U.S.-bound imports passing through Canada, calling on the agency to close "a loophole" in the Harbor Maintenance Ta... Read More...
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FMC Looks to Raise Costs for US NVOs in China »
1/10/2012 4:13:35 PM
The Federal Maritime Commission is proposing a change in rules that will make it more expensive for U.S. non-vessel-operating common carriers to do business in China. The proposal would increase the ... Read More...
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Canadian Ports Say US-Bound Traffic Has Fallen »
1/5/2012 3:29:18 PM
Four Canadian ports said Wednesday their share of U.S.-bound containerized cargo has dropped in the last decade, contrary to the claims of members of Congress and U.S. West Coast ports that spurred a... Read More...
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