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Mexican Cartels Smuggling Drugs In Food Imports: Record-Breaking Meth Bust At US-Mexico Border Is Latest
Friday, October 4, 2024 - 4:07pm | 579Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over $17.4 million in methamphetamine from a tractor-trailer hauling a shipment of coconuts at the Mexico-Texas border. The bust is one of many involving cartels slipping drugs across the border in fresh food shipments from Mexico, which is the largest...
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FDA Will Expedite Reviews Of Costco Food Imports
Monday, February 24, 2020 - 1:16pm | 366The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Costco Wholesale Corp. (NASDAQ: COST) to be the first participant in the agency's Voluntary Qualified Importer Program (VQIP). Established by the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), VQIP is a voluntary fee-based program that provides...