September 02, 2025
The American Association for Laboratory Accreditation averted trial at the 11th hour on Tuesday, settling a suit by a domestic plywood association over a purported counterfeiting scam allegedly allowing large amounts of substandard Brazilian plywood to enter the U.S.
July 28, 2023
An accreditation body told a Florida federal judge Thursday that a domestic plywood association lacked standing to sue over a purported counterfeiting scam allegedly allowing large amounts of substandard Brazilian plywood to enter the U.S.
January 12, 2023
A Florida federal magistrate judge refused to restrain a New York-based wood certification agency accused of fraudulently stamping Brazilian plywood boards as higher quality, calling the accusations from a group of domestic plywood producers "mere speculation."
January 06, 2023
U.S. plywood companies pressed a Florida federal court to sanction a certification agency that they said welcomed the first week of 2023 by doubling down on an "egregious fraud on U.S. consumers."
December 12, 2022
A Baton Rouge, Louisiana, wood scientist testified Monday in Florida federal court that at least half the wood from Brazil's southern pine forests is inherently "less favorable" for plywood, which a lumber coalition says makes it likely that Forestwood Industries Inc. is fraudulently certifying the wood as a superior construction grade product to U.S. consumers.