Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for May 16-20, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
At a May 17, 2011 Senate Judiciary Subcommittee hearing, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Bersin stated the agency is working with the Canada Border Services Agency on a new pre-clearance pilot as part of their perimeter approach to security and trade. Steps are also being taken to harmonize PIP and C-TPAT, and exchange staff at both countries targeting centers.
On May 17, 2011, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Napolitano and New Zealand's Foreign Minister signed a joint statement on global supply chain security cooperation to further strengthen the ongoing collaboration between the U.S. and New Zealand to make the global supply chain system stronger, smarter and more resilient.
The trade has submitted comments in response to the Food and Drug Administration’s request for input on its implementation of the import provisions of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). The comments focus on the FSMA’s requirements for a Foreign Supplier Verification Program, a Voluntary Qualified Importer Program, the certification of certain high-risk imported food, third-party auditors and accreditation, and the two FSMA definitions of “importer.” In general, FDA was urged to set broad goals over prescriptive requirements, recognize risk, and clearly define requirements and terms.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection and two government ministries of China have reached agreement on collaborative actions to enhance trade security and facilitation between the two countries. The two countries also signed an action plan on supply chain security partnership programs.
The Counterfeit Pharmaceutical Inter-Agency Working Group1 has issued a report on U.S. Customs and Border Protection's and the Food and Drug Administration's increased enforcement actions against counterfeit pharmaceuticals in the supply chain, which include strategic import plans, penalties, and compliance measurement programs, among other things. The report also makes several legislative recommendations to Congress on how it can address this issue.
During recent trade events1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials provided an update on both of CBP’s management by account pilots -- the Centers for Excellence and Expertise (CEE) pilot for the pharmaceutical industry and the Account Executive (AE) pilot for selected companies in the electronics industry.
Broker Power is providing readers with some of the top stories for April 18-22, 2011 in case they were missed last week.
During recent trade events1, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials provided an update on efforts to enhance intellectual property rights protection by engaging in (i) enhanced targeting; (ii) partnership programs; (iii) international collaboration and capacity building; (iv) the Pharmaceutical Center for Excellence and Expertise2, as well as well as by (v) issuing penalties.
On April 14, 2011, Senators Collins (R)1 and Murray (D) introduced the SAFE Port Reauthorization Act (S. 832) in order to allow DHS to waive the 100% scanning deadline for maritime cargo if several conditions are met, provide additional benefits to Tier 2 and 3 Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) participants, authorize CBP to conduct unannounced inspections of C-TPAT security measures, and require congressional notification of mutual recognition arrangements.