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Grand Prize Winner

OFA 2009 annual banquet was sucessfully held on March 21, 2009 at May Flower Seafood Restaurant, 428 Barber Lane,Milpitas.  People's Republic of China, General Consul, Mr. Gao, USDA SIT Officer John Nelson and other VIP have attended. Our special performance in this year was “Chinese Folk Dances by Academy of Chinese Performance Art”. Many gifts have been donated by members for lucky drawing. The grand prize for this year was 36” LCD HDTV.

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Excellent Brand Rewarded by Consul General

Excellent Brand is the major program supported by OFA for 5 years. The 20 Excellent Brands of 2009 are including Ajinomoto Khong Guan, Isabelle, Ton Ren Tang, Brand's, Pearl River Bridge, Yuet Heung Yuen, Kikkoman, Pearl Soy Milk, Lian Hou Brand, Uncle Chen, Dragon Fly Rice, Prince of Peace Genseng Tea, Amory Sauce, Trojan Tapioca Pearl Drink, Soo Beef & Pork jerky, Good Plenty Shark Fin Soup, Foreway Seasame Oil, Moto Moto Seaweed and Owl Instant Coffee and Milk Tea. We have honor to have Consul General Gao presented an award to each Excellent Brand.

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US Cesus Speaker

This major sponsors of the night were  Amtek Inc, Ajinomoto, Cathay Bank, Khong Guan Corp, Kikkoman, Prince of Peace Enterprises Inc, and United Commericial Bank.

Other VIP of the night were James Chen of Walong Corp, David Lee of Welcome Market, Sunny Chong of Royal Foods in Portland, Oregon..

Monica Xu from US Cesus spoke at the night to call for attention to the coming 2010 Cesus

The hightest of the night certainly was the grand prize drawing. Monica Xu from US Cesus got the ticket of grand prize first, but she kindly decided to donate it out. VIP guest, Consul General, Mr Gao won the grand prize at the second round. He also immediate donate it back to drawing. Finnally, the lucky winner from CJ United Food's table won the grand prize home.  

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Yoshi of Kikkoman
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Board Directors and Officers
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Excellent Brand of 2009
 
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FDA Calls on Food Companies to Correct Labeling Violations; FDA Commissioner Issues an Open Letter t FDA PRESS RELEASE Mar. 3, 2010 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has notified 17 food manufacturers that the labeling for 22 of their food products violates the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. The action follows an October 2009 statement by Commissioner of Food and Drugs Margaret Hamburg, M.D., encouraging companies to review their labeling to ensure that they were in compliance with FDA regulations, and were truthful and not misleading. For details, please click link below http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm202814.htm
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 Updated April 17, 2009 08:01 PM

GENEVA (Xinhua) - China filed complaints to the World Trade Organization (WTO) today about a US law effectively banning imports of Chinese poultry products, saying the law may violate WTO regulations.

Pursuant to Section 727 of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, which was already signed into law, the United States effectively prohibits the establishment or implementation of any measures that would allow poultry products to be imported from China, the Chinese WTO mission said.

China is concerned that Section 727 places restrictions on the import from China of poultry products that are inconsistent with the United States' WTO obligations, it added.

 
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Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Groups Say Protecting U.S. Food Supply May Be Costly, Gro  Additional rules designed to improve food safety in the U.S. will add costs for businesses and may not be effective, food-industry groups said.

Scares involving the potentially deadly E. coli bacteria, salmonella, listeria and other threats have harmed consumer confidence, prompting industry support for some tougher measures, J. Patrick Boyle, the president of the American Meat Institute, said today at a congressional hearing. The added cost to defend the food supply may be burdensome, he said.

“Only industry can provide safe food,” and voluntary collaboration with government will do more to protect consumers than additional rules, Boyle told the House Agriculture Committee. Boyle’s group represents Tyson Foods Inc., the biggest U.S. meat processor, and other meatpackers.

Congress is increasing the food-safety budget to add inspection resources and considering more than a dozen proposals to combat food-borne illness. They include legislation, approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, to grant the Food and Drug Administration authority to order food recalls even when a company refuses to cooperate.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aAD65Z3FeyRo

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FDA New Guidance for Reporting to the Reportable Food Electronic Portal 3/19/2010 FDA has issued new guidance entitled "Guidance for Industry: Submitting a Report for Multiple Facilities to the Reportable Food Electronic Portal as Established by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007, " which can be found at http://www.fda.gov/Food/FoodSafety/FoodSafetyPrograms/ucm205209.htm. This document provides guidance intended to assist those parties responsible for complying with the Reportable Food Registry requirements prescribed by the Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 (Pub. L.110-085). As required by section 1005(f) of this law, in September 2009, FDA issued guidance to industry about submitting reports of instances of reportable food through the electronic portal and providing notifications to other persons in the supply chain of such articles of food. This guidance document provides further guidance to industry on submitting a single reportable food report to FDA covering reportable food located at more than one of a company’s facilities. FDA has also updated its Questions & Answers For Industry Regarding the HVP Recalled by Basic Food Flavors, Inc. http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/FoodIndustry/ucm203201.htm Provided by: Lesley Maloney, Pharm.D. Senior Advisor, Industry and Business Relations Office of External Relations/Office of the Commissioner U.S. Food & Drug Administration Office: (301) 827-6252
 
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Updated August 1, 2007 12:23;21 PM

It is impossible to read a newspaper, view a news Web site or listen to a TV news report without hearing something negative about trade between the United States and China. In light of the sudden interest in everything Chinese, The Journal of Commerce held a webinar on July 24, “FDA's New Approach to Risk Management -- How It Will Effect Traders' Operations and Bottom Line." While by no means limited to a discussion about China-related FDA issues, China is certainly the impetus for much of the recent Congressional activity surrounding the Food and Drug Administration and how the agency oversees food imports.

The FDA developed an Import Strategic Plan in the 1990s, but like those of other federal agencies, it is understaffed and underfunded, leaving the agency mired in its traditional approach of interdicting shipments at the border upon their arrival.

We are now hearing Congress agree with FDA’s own upper management that the current regime is not working. The question is what will replace it? FDA is talking about centralizing management, but no performance goals have been articulated. FDA is expected to advocate centralizing entry processing at a regional level, but will its information technology system, internally or externally, be able to keep up? Right now, FDA is sampling less than 1 percent of all food imports. Is that enough? Can FDA really sample more? If so, does that make the food supply chain any safer?

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