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UPDATE: Later Thursday, however, the Department of Health and Human Services appeared to have struck down the FDA fees. “Small businesses who stepped up to fight COVID-19 should be applauded by their government, not taxed for doing so, HHS chief of staff Brian Harrison said in a statement posted on Twitter.
“I’m pleased to announce we have directed FDA to cease enforcement of these arbitrary, surprise user fees, he said. Happy New Year, distilleries, and cheers to you for helping keep us safe!”
Distilleries in Maryland and across the U.S. received a surprise fee from the Food and Drug Administration after using their facilities to make hand sanitizer amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
By: Pete Pichaske Pete Pichaske December 21, 2020
Arnold Packaging, a Baltimore company that designs and makes packages and containers, lost a large chunk of its business – making containers to ship goods by plane when airline flights practically disappeared. (Submitted photo)
Running a business during a pandemic is not something Maryland’s manufacturers ever expected to have to do.
But they did it and they continue to do it, and while local industry experts and several of the manufacturers themselves say it’s been a wild, bumpy ride, most are finding ways to survive.
“On the whole, I think our companies are doing fairly well,” said Mike Kelleher, executive director of the Maryland Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MD MEP), a nonprofit organization that assists and advises the small and mid-sized manufacturers that make up the vast majority of the state’s manufacturers. “I can count on one hand the number that had to shut down for an extende
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