Conference Discusses China-U.S. Import Regs

COLUMBIA, Md.The Food and Drug Law Institute LLC (FDLI),  FDAImports.com and ExporttoUSA.com.cn will address various laws and policies that govern the food, cosmetic, drug and medical device industry in the United States and in China during conferences and training opportunities in Beijing and Shanghai from June 13 to June 16, 2011.

The key topics and discussions will include detailed analyses and explanations of the current legal, regulatory and economic environment for importing foods, cosmetics, dietary supplements, pharmaceuticals and medical devices into the United States from China. According to FDAImports.com, the conference represents substantial business opportunities for Chinese manufacturers and will help explain significant changes in FDA policy and U.S. law affecting manufacturers of FDA-regulated products.

Benjamin England, a 17-year veteran employee of FDA, the former Regulatory Counsel to FDA Associate Commissioner for Regulatory Affairs, and, now, owner and founder of FDA regulatory consulting firm FDAImports.com LLC and ExporttoUSA.com.cn, will be among the speakers at the various conference and training venues, along with U.S. and Chinese government officials and other experts.

 We are about overcoming obstacles," England said. There is no reason Chinese products should be considered unsafe or cheap.  It makes no sense whatsoever, when Chinese industry has made some of the greatest advances in food, cosmetic, drug and medical device manufacturing the world has seenof finished products and especially ingredients. I see this conference and these additional ExporttoUSA.com.cn training sessions as opportunities for Chinese manufacturers to open the door to the vast U.S. market."

England noted, Chinese manufacturers can produce high-quality goods at lower prices. But in my experience, U.S. importers, who act as middle-men in the transactions with the big-box retail stores, apply unnecessary pressure against the Chinese manufacturers, and they only pass some of those price savings along to their retail clients. These conferences and training opportunities can be the beginning step for teaching Chinese companies how to establish their own foot prints in the United States, and how to direct market to the U.S. retailersenabling them to produce the high-quality goods they are capable of making at a competitive price for U.S. retail consumers."

The consultants and affiliated attorneys at FDAImports.com represent a blend of regulatory FDA, USDA and Customs consulting and legal experiences, which are fully integrated into a single place for solving problems and overcoming obstacles that businesses in highly regulated industries often encounter. The hurdles a foreign manufacturer must jump over to market in the United States can be quite high and that translates into a challenging importation process.

England will provide insight to the U.S. laws that govern safe importation and distribution of foreign-manufactured products. In addition, he is holding separate training sessions after the conference in Beijing and Shanghai, China. During these training sessions, England will explain in greater detail the U.S. regulations that apply to the food, beverage, dietary supplement, cosmetic, drug and medical device industries. He will train businesses within these industries how to comply with the applicable laws and how to address any problems that may arise while importing and distributing products in the U.S. market. He will also address how Chinese companies can compete in the U.S. by learning how to sell direct to the big-box retailers selling to everyday U.S. consumers.

Chinese nationals from Chinese companies who register for the FDLI Conference through FDAImports.com or ExporttoUSA.com.cn will receive a substantially discounted rate compared to typical registration fees.