3-Hour Virtual Seminar: FDA Imports Require Precision in 2018

Importing FDA regulated products requires careful planning before you even start. Registration, product compliance, record and data submission must be exactly correct, or else, FDA's entry requirements with detain your product. Some mistakes are common, others reflect a lack of understanding of how FDA and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) operate a joint program.

Correcting problems can cost you time and money, especially when you do not work promptly with the FDA. If you end up with having your entry "refused." There is no appeal. Then you face the possibility of additional steep fines by CBP.

Why should you Attend: Firms typically run aground with importing FDA regulated products because they do not understand how to prepare, conduct and report in accord with FDA requirements. If the exporter and importer do not follow the procedures or fail to submit correct information, the road forward has an expensive and time-consuming toll. A failure to do things correctly will create a "bad actor" image, which is very hard to undo and FDA does not forget, somewhat like a regulatory elephant.

If you understand FDA's and CBP's import program, your business can operate in a competitive way. If you do not, your customers, foreign suppliers, stockholders will see the consequences and not be forgiving.

Areas Covered in the Session:

• FDA's legal authority and burden of proof
• FDA registration, product information and the PREDICT screening program
• Submitting information before cargo arrival in the U.S.
• FDA"holds," "detentions" and what to do immediately

• Regulatory Affairs Directors
• Software Designers/Specification Developers
• Production Managers
• Quality Assurance Directors
• In-house Legal Counsel