Practical guides, regulatory updates, and lessons from building a compliance platform.
The compliance tools available to importers are either painfully generic or absurdly expensive. I decided to build something better.
A plain-language breakdown of the FDA's Foreign Supplier Verification Program — what's required, what inspectors look for, and how to stay compliant.
Everything you need to know about CPSIA, third-party testing, and generating a valid CPC before your products hit US shelves.
California's Prop 65 applies to more products than you think. Here's how to determine if you need a warning and what the label must say.
15 states now have PFAS laws on the books. If your products use coatings, treatments, or packaging, you may have disclosure obligations.
We threw out rounded corners, gradient backgrounds, and every SaaS design trope we could find — then rebuilt the entire product around an aesthetic borrowed from customs declarations and shipping receipts.
Spreadsheets can't track document expiry, generate certificates, or alert you when regulations change. Here's what breaks first.
Product recalls don't start on Monday mornings — but that's when you find out about them. Here's how the recall process works and why importers bear the brunt of it.
Not all labs are created equal. Here's how to pick a compliance testing lab that regulators and retailers will actually accept — plus a checklist before you send samples.
Amazon is getting serious about compliance documentation. Here's what FBA and FBM sellers need — CPCs, Prop 65 warnings, SDS sheets — and how to avoid listing rejections.
Same product, different rules in 15+ states. Here's a practical framework for managing multi-state compliance — from PFAS to packaging laws — without losing your mind.
One is your obligation as an importer. The other is your supplier's food safety plan. They're complementary, not interchangeable — and confusing them is a costly mistake.