LACBFFA Webinar: UFLPA Risk Management & Best Practices for Customs
In today’s interconnected global economy,
international trade presents immense opportunities. The UFLPA / WRO
continues to change and expand. The Best Practices for managing these
enforcements can be understood with our speaker Jay Acayan, while Brett
Tripple offers insights for navigating risks for Customs Brokers when
navigating these actions for importers and exporters.
Speaker
Brett Tipple & Jay Acayan
Brett Tipple, PhD is the Chief Scientist of FloraTrace, Inc. where he
advances analytical chemistry approaches to verify the origin and
authenticity of natural materials.
Brett is a recognized as a substantive expert on isotope analysis and
geographic origin verification using isotopes and element ratios.
During his 20+year career, he has supported law enforcement in solving
cold cases, helped identify and repatriate US service members’ remains,
and combated mislabeling and claimed origin fraud in the private-sector.
He served as an advisor to a UN-sponsored program to empower commercial
producers of unique geographically-specific products (e.g., Basmati
rice) with leading-edge authentication methods. The origin tracing and
authentication methods he helped pioneer have met Daubert standard
challenges and are regularly utilized in legal proceedings throughout
the US and Europe, with a recent lawsuit he and FloraTrace supported,
winning over $48 million in relief for false-designation of origin.
Brett holds a BS from Indiana University, Bloomington and an MPhil
and PhD from Yale University. His credits include over 80 peer-reviewed
scientific publications.
Moderator
David Harlow
