Food, Beverage & Perishables (USDA Regulated)

The food, beverage and perishables industry faces unique importing and exporting challenges, including the following.

• FDA regulations pertaining to imports of safe, sanitary, and properly labeled goods, including compliance with the Food Safety Modernization Act.
• USDA regulations ensuring that imported meat, poultry, eggs, animals, and agricultural products are sanitary, pest-free, and properly labeled.
• Food products such as pasta, olives, crawfish, salmon, honey, mushrooms. and tomatoes face antidumping and countervailing duties or may face marking orders.
• Excise taxes can impact these imports as well as tariff rate quotas on an MFN basis and under various free trade agreements.

STR attorneys serve clients in the seafood, produce, beverage, perishables, agricultural, and tobacco industries on the full range of importing and exporting issues. Our firm also has a 25+ year history of membership in the Association of Food Industries.