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HHS, FDA Announce Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool for Foods The Department of Health and Human Services and the Food and Drug Administration have unveiled the Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool (CCT Tool) that provides a list of contaminant levels that are used to evaluate potential health risks of contaminants in human foods.?The online searchable database incorporates tolerances, action levels, and guidance levels.?Foods showing contaminant levels outside of these tolerances may be considered unsafe and the FDA will use this information to help minimize and prevent chemical hazards in food. ? The consolidated list includes the contaminant name, commodity, contaminant level type (e.g., action level, guidance level), level value and reference (e.g., Code of Federal Regulations, FDA Guidance for Industry). The list can also be filtered by contaminant type.? ? You can find the searchable Chemical Contaminants Transparency Tool here: https://shorturl.at/eDfY4

Our very own James McNamee is taking part in a panel discussion with the Foreign Trade Association on Tuesday, March 18th at 2pm ET/11am PT on the topic of the Current State of Trade and Tariffs. If you haven't been able to attend any of Alba Wheels Up International, LLC's recent webinars, join this one to be updated on where things stand. Who should attend? Any importers or industry professionals who want to understand the global tariff situation as it stands on 3/18. What topics will be discussed? The plan right now is to discuss the new Section 232 requirements, IEPPA tariffs, retaliatory tariffs, and the section 301 Chinese vessel tariffs. What can attendees expect to come away with?? An understanding of what is real and is happening vs what is rumor. Attendees will hear how to best prepare for the unexpected as well. To find more information and register, click here: https://lnkd.in/e7gAh-Cw Alba's next webinar topic and day/time will be communicated soon.

No sooner had our webinar concluded that new communications from the US administration confirmed an increase to the tariff on steel and aluminum from Canada by 25% to make it 50%, effective tomorrow, March 12th. We will be sharing our webinar recording and presentation with attendees soon. Sign-up to our newsletter to be included in our outgoing regulatory updates and industry-specific webinar invites - click here: https://lnkd.in/eVJPGmt3

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We're honored to again have the opportunity in 2025 to help both current and future National Customs Brokers & Forwarders Association of America, Inc. (NCBFAA) members grow in their professional endeavors in the logistics industry - our third year of doing so. If the company you work with is a current NCBFAA member and you or your child plans to continue with education in the logistics industry, then you can apply for the 2025 scholarship. More details are available here: https://lnkd.in/egJ2AT3Z The application period is open until February 28th, 2025. Good luck! Congratulations again to last year's winner of our scholarship: Ricardo Ramirez Reyna!