Miami trade with the world set a new record in the first month of the year, according to WorldCity analysis of the latest U.S. Census data, one of two Customs districts among the nation’s Top 15 and only one of three in the Top 25 to do so. Six of South Florida’s Top 10 trade partners set new records for total trade in January, with the biggest gains captured by No. 5 Switzerland and No. 7 Costa Rica. South Florida’s total trade increased 14.74 percent over the January 2008 total,… Read More
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Christine Humphrey
Fuerst Humphrey Ittleman Partner
Christine Humphrey, a partner in the Miami law firm Fuerst Humphrey Ittleman, was a panelist at the nation’s largest seafood event last month, the International Boston Seafood Show.
Humphrey, a former U.S. Food and Drug Administration compliance officer, was one of the experts chosen to serve on a panel entitled “Changes in Food Safety for 2009: How Will Your Company be Affected?” Other panelists included the FDA’s director of the Division of Import Operations and Policy, Domenic Veneziano; the director of Certified Laboratories, Martin Mitchell; and Global Aquaculture Alliance President and co-founder, Dr. George Chamberlain
Food safety has been in the news recently, with several highly publicized cases, including seafood imports from China peanut butter originating in Georgia. There are more than two dozen bills in various stages of development in the U.S. Congress related to food safety programs.
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