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Feb, 15, 2021
In a Feb. 11 CSMS message (CSMS #46187634), the USDA Agriculture Marketing Service (AMS) reminded the trade that loads of potatoes, onions and open field/field grown potatoes must be certified as meeting the AMS Section 8e import requirements prior to the load entering U.S. commerce. Certification can be completed either prior to import into the U.S. or upon arrival at its destination pithing the U.S.
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Feb, 15, 2021
The NCBFAA's Air Freight Subcommittee wants to remind all our members to confirm your Dangerous Goods certification is up to date, and that your certifier has a current accreditation from the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
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Feb, 15, 2021
With a "standing room only" audience of nearly 1,000, NCBFAA's Regulatory Agencies Committee (RAC) joined with the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) in a lively discussion on how to master the APHIS Core Message Set. The webinar could not have come at a better time, since the March 15 hard enforcement deadline is near.
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Feb, 08, 2021
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) last week began implementing its Artificial Intelligence (AI) imported seafood pilot, which will use AI and machine learning, along with its current PREDICT system, to screen imported seafood shipments
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Feb, 08, 2021
Paulette Kolba, formerly of DSV Air & Sea in Los Angeles, and Myra K. Reynolds, of John S. James Co. in Savannah, Georgia, have recently become Honorary Members of the NCBFAA upon announcing their retirements.
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Feb, 08, 2021
On behalf of NCBFAA's Board of Directors, Leadership and Staff, we want to take a moment to acknowledge and welcome the following member who have recently joined our association:
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Feb, 08, 2021
The U.S. Commerce Department's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) has recently published its 2020 annual report.
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Feb, 08, 2021
Alejandro Mayorkas on Feb. 2 was sworn in as homeland security secretary.
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Feb, 08, 2021
Third country antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) case numbers allow importers to enter merchandise that have a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) country of origin that differ from the country of the AD/CVD order.
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Feb, 08, 2021
The Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) notified the trade (CSMS #4604469) that the agency will begin mandatory ACE filing of FWS-regulated products in June 2021, rather than in March as previously planned.
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