Because of its position at the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the front-line enforcement agency for the entire range of imported goods and products from medical devices and pharmaceuticals to raw materials, pesticides, foods, machinery, and transportation equipment.

CBP daily enforces the requirements of the EPA, FDA, Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Department of Transportation (DOT), and other agencies at the border. Because of the broad range of our practices in these and other regulatory areas, Arent Fox’s team has experience with CBP’s enforcement of these other agency rules and has helped clients deal with detentions at the port of entry based on CBP requirements or those of other agencies.