Here is the applicable customs law:
Electronic Products
23. Radiation- and Sonic Radiation-Producing Products. The following products are
subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Chapter V, Subchapter C—
Electronic Product Radiation (formerly called the Radiation Control Health and
Safety Act of 1968):
• Television products that incorporate a cathode-ray tube,
• Cold-cathode gas-discharge tubes,
• Microwave ovens,
• Cabinet and diagnostic x-ray equipment,
• Laser products,
• Ultrasound physical therapy equipment,
• Sunlamps,
• CD–ROMs,
• Cellular and cordless telephones,
• Other electronic products for which there are radiation-performance
standards.
An electronic product: (a) for which there is a radiation performance standard,
and (b) that is imported for sale or use in the United States may only be imported if a
declaration (Form FDA 2877) is filed with each importer’s entry. Form FDA 2877 is
available from the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Devices and
Radiological Health, Rockville, MD 20850.
The declaration must describe the product’s compliance status. The importer must
affirm that the product was:
• Not subject to a standard (e.g., manufactured prior to the effective date of
the applicable federal standard); or
• Complies with the standard and has a label affixed by the manufacturer
certifying compliance; or
• Does not comply with the standard but is being imported only for
purposes of research, investigation, study, demonstration, or training; or
• Does not now comply with the standard, but will be brought into
compliance.
The provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Chapter V,
Subchapter C—Electronic Product Radiation—apply to electronic products
manufactured in the United States as well as to imported products.
This has always been the law. You should consider yourselves lucky you could get them at all. Of course getting them was a violation of federal law but that never slowed anyone down. I will laugh at the first person to be made an example of when they are charged with smuggling and conspiracy. I sure wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of 10 years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the FDA is on the warpath and someone will pay the price. It looks like the screws have been turned with PayPal. That will send a shiver down the accounting ledgers of all transaction brokers. Now if they make an example of an individual they can show they are serious about enforcing the law. Who wants to step up?
I can't believe some of you are openly discussing violating customs law on a forum. Some people's frickin' kids! Shut up about how you can circumvent the law because if you get popped they will use all of this against you to prove conspiracy which is the more serious of the offenses.
Can you still get 2877'd lasers? YES.
