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FDA Adds Functionality in ACE ABI for Product Code Builder
March 21, 2017 |FDA

The Food and Drug Administration recently deployed a web service that will allow importers and customs brokers to access FDA’s product code builder database through the ACE Automated Broker Interface (ABI), CBP said in a CSMS message (here). The product code builder application program interface released March 20 will allow software developers to build a user interface for the product code builder in ABI, FDA said (here). “This does not replace the current online Product Code Builder but compliments it by providing trade a method to program existing software to query and verify FDA Product Codes,” it said.

Another Broker Agrees to POA Validation Requirements in Trademark Settlement With Nike
March 16, 2017 by Brian Feito|Top News

Another customs broker recently agreed to additional requirements for validation of powers of attorney as part of a settlement of a trademark lawsuit with Nike. Like the recent settlement between Nike and Alto Customhouse Brokers (see 1702140037), a settlement reached in December in Los Angeles federal court between Nike and KAL America requires the customs brokerage to validate all new powers of attorney it receives from importers by means of notarization, phone calls and checking government-issued IDs. The settlement ends one of the few remaining of a series of trademark cases brought by Nike against customs brokers. Nike has over time moved away from the practice, according to customs lawyers familiar with the issue.