Dennick Fruit Source - Manufacturers of Fruit Juice Concentrate and Puree

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HACCP Certification

The Food and Drug Administration, on January 18, 2001, implemented a rule to increase the safety of fruit and vegetable juices. This rule states that all food processors (which includes re-packers) must implement and use a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP). This will have a positive impact on importation. Currently, foreign countries do not have to have a HACCP plan to import. This new rule won't allow that to continue. This is to increase the safety of the foods brought into this country. If facilities are not HACCP "certified", they have to have some kind of similar plan registered with the Government. The deadline to get all of this done depends on the size of the facility. For more information on this topic, go to our Info Center and click on the link for HACCP or Bioterrorism.

IPPC ISPM 15: Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade

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Organic Certification

As of 10-21-02 no company will be allowed to import product that says "Organic" unless it has been Certified by one of the USDA approved companies that has been certified to issue Organic Certificates. Keep this in mind when purchasing Organic product. For a complete list of organic certification companies you can go to www.ams.usda.gov/nop

Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Act of 2002

The final rulings for this act was December 12, 2003. All domestic and foreign facilities that manufactures, distributes, stores or co-packs food for human or animal consumption must be registered with the FDA by December 12, 2003. All foreign facilities must have a US agent listed. This is for communication with the FDA only. This does not mean that the foreign facility can only do business with their US agent. For more information regarding this rule, please visit the FDA website. Their link is located on our Info Center page.