CBP Seizes Over $450K in Dental Supplies Lacking Country of Origin Markings
CBP's Norfolk office has seized over $450,000 in dental supplies lacking country of origin markings, the agency announced Oct. 7. CBP officers seized the most recent shipment Sept. 17. It consisted of nearly 2 million prophy angle cups, and over…
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1.6 million dental tray covers, assessed at $419,211. Another shipment consisted of nearly 1.8 million dental bibs valued at $35,980 and was seized Aug. 26. Both shipments were headed to the same Baltimore address. “Consumers have the right, under U.S. law, to know where the products they are purchasing are sourced,” said Mark Laria, CBP’s area port director for Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia.