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DESCRIPTION:In today’s interconnected global economy\, \ninternational trad
 e presents immense opportunities.&nbsp\; The UFLPA / WRO \ncontinues to ch
 ange and expand.&nbsp\; The Best Practices for managing these \nenforcemen
 ts can be understood with our speaker Jay Acayan\, while Brett \nTripple o
 ffers insights for navigating risks for Customs Brokers when \nnavigating 
 these actions for importers and exporters.SpeakerBrett Tipple &amp\; Jay A
 cayanBrett Tipple\, PhD is the Chief Scientist of FloraTrace\, Inc. where 
 he\n advances analytical chemistry approaches to verify the origin and \na
 uthenticity of natural materials.Brett is a recognized as a substantive ex
 pert on isotope analysis and\n geographic origin verification using isotop
 es and element ratios. \nDuring his 20+year career\, he has supported law 
 enforcement in solving \ncold cases\, helped identify and repatriate US se
 rvice members’ remains\, \nand combated mislabeling and claimed origin fra
 ud in the private-sector.\n He served as an advisor to a UN-sponsored prog
 ram to empower commercial\n producers of unique geographically-specific pr
 oducts (e.g.\, Basmati \nrice) with leading-edge authentication methods. T
 he origin tracing and \nauthentication methods he helped pioneer have met 
 Daubert standard \nchallenges and are regularly utilized in legal proceedi
 ngs throughout \nthe US and Europe\, with a recent lawsuit he and FloraTra
 ce supported\, \nwinning over $48 million in relief for false-designation 
 of origin.Brett holds a BS from Indiana University\, Bloomington and an MP
 hil \nand PhD from Yale University. His credits include over 80 peer-revie
 wed \nscientific publications.ModeratorDavid Harlow
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SUMMARY:LACBFFA Webinar: UFLPA Risk Management & Best Practices for Customs
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>In today’s interconnected global economy\, 
 \ninternational trade presents immense opportunities.&nbsp\; The UFLPA / W
 RO \ncontinues to change and expand.&nbsp\; The Best Practices for managin
 g these \nenforcements can be understood with our speaker Jay Acayan\, whi
 le Brett \nTripple offers insights for navigating risks for Customs Broker
 s when \nnavigating these actions for importers and exporters.</p><p><span
  style="text-decoration: underline"><strong>Speaker</strong></span></p><p>
 <strong>Brett Tipple &amp\; Jay Acayan</strong></p><p>Brett Tipple\, PhD i
 s the Chief Scientist of FloraTrace\, Inc. where he\n advances analytical 
 chemistry approaches to verify the origin and \nauthenticity of natural ma
 terials.</p><p>Brett is a recognized as a substantive expert on isotope an
 alysis and\n geographic origin verification using isotopes and element rat
 ios. \nDuring his 20+year career\, he has supported law enforcement in sol
 ving \ncold cases\, helped identify and repatriate US service members’ rem
 ains\, \nand combated mislabeling and claimed origin fraud in the private-
 sector.\n He served as an advisor to a UN-sponsored program to empower com
 mercial\n producers of unique geographically-specific products (e.g.\, Bas
 mati \nrice) with leading-edge authentication methods. The origin tracing 
 and \nauthentication methods he helped pioneer have met Daubert standard \
 nchallenges and are regularly utilized in legal proceedings throughout \nt
 he US and Europe\, with a recent lawsuit he and FloraTrace supported\, \nw
 inning over $48 million in relief for false-designation of origin.</p><p>B
 rett holds a BS from Indiana University\, Bloomington and an MPhil \nand P
 hD from Yale University. His credits include over 80 peer-reviewed \nscien
 tific publications.</p><p><span style="text-decoration: underline"><strong
 >Moderator</strong></span></p><p><strong>David Harlow</strong></p>
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