Holland & Knight LLP, law firm in Washington D.C, USA, has provided us with the following information.

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US Customs & Border Protection have issued a press release stating as of June 4, 2004 notice of food importation by sea must be submitted at least eight hours prior to the arrival of the ship. Normally responsibility for this notice rests with the importer, but the carrier becomes responsible where transshipment, not importation, is involved. For example foodstuffs carried from Singapore to Rotterdam, with transshipment at Los Angeles – overland to Norfolk then again by sea to Rotterdam will require notice to be given by the carrier before arrival at Los Angeles.

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