Monday Compliance News - Around the World

GCSG's Monday Compliance News is a compilation of some of the previous weeks interesting trade compliance, anti-bribery/corruption, fraud, and due diligence news bites, from around the world.

Where the FDA is going under Trump | WSJ

"Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb serves a president who regularly speaks of rolling back business regulation. Dr. Gottlieb has postponed Obama-era food-labeling rules, pleasing some food manufacturers. But at the same time, he says, the FDA is working to implement another law passed under the former administration: the Food Safety Modernization Act, which will require companies to develop plans to prevent foodborne illness." (Click here for the article) - USA

Former Venezuelan Attorney General Presenting Corruption Evidence to US | WSJ

"The former Venezuelan attorney general in exile, Luisa Ortega, has been presenting evidence of corruption to the U.S. Justice Department, a person close to her said Friday after her latest, explosive public release about her former cohorts in President Nicolás Maduro’s administration." (Click here for the article) - Venezuela, Brazil, USA