Deadline to register at FDA

Panamanian food exporters not register by December 31 at the FDA will not apply for the certification visit by the U.S. agency.

Monday, December 10, 2012

December 31 is the deadline for companies wishing to export to the U.S. to update their information or to register for the first time before the Food and Drug Agency of the U.S. government (FDA).

"Those who do not meet this requirement will not be analyzed by this agency," said the director of Export Promotion at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of Panama, Ricardo Barnet.

The inspection is needed to get the certificate of FDA, which monitors that plants and food products entering the U.S. meet sanitary standards, as established in the Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA).

With the entry into force of TPC on 31 October, companies which already had the certificate continued to export and will now enjoy better tariffs.

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