The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed.
Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click on the links to view the full alerts.
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Import Alert |
Description |
URL |
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IA-16-119 |
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Fish And Fishery Products For Importer And Foreign Processor (Manuf) Combinations |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_23.html |
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IA-16-124 |
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Aquaculture Seafood Products Due To Unapproved Drugs |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_27.html |
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IA-16-81 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products Due to the Presence of Salmonella |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_49.html |
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IA-21-04 |
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF DRIED, PRESERVED FRUITS FROM INDICATED COUNTRIES/AREAS |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_60.html |
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IA-21-05 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Dates from China Due to Filth |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_61.html |
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IA-23-14 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Food Products due to the Presence of Aflatoxin |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_581.html |
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IA-45-02 |
Detention Without Physical Examination and Guidance of Foods Containing Illegal and/or Undeclared Colors |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_118.html |
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IA-54-15 |
DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND BULK DIETARY INGREDIENTS THAT ARE OR CONTAIN MITRAGYNA SPECIOSA OR KRATOM |
None |
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IA-66-40 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Drugs From Firms Which Have Not Met Drug GMPs |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_189.html |
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IA-66-41 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Unapproved New Drugs Promoted In The U.S. |
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_190.html |
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IA-76-01 |
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Medical Instruments from Pakistan 2 |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_224.html |
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IA-78-01 |
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Penis Enlargers And Erection Maintaining Rings |
None |
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IA-95-05 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Electronic Products That Fail to Comply with Performance Standards or No Certification |
None |
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IA-99-05 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of Raw Agricultural Products for Pesticides |
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_258.html |
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IA-99-08 |
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Processed Human and Animal Foods for Pesticides |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_259.html |
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IA-99-19 |
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Food Products Due To The Presence Of Salmonella |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_263.html |
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IA-99-30 |
Detention Without Physical Examination of All Milk Products, Milk Derived Ingredients and Finished Food Products Containing Milk from China Due to the Presence of Melamine and/or Melamine Analogs |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_401.html |
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IA-99-32 |
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF PRODUCTS FROM FIRMS REFUSING FDA FOREIGN ESTABLISHMENT INSPECTION |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_521.html |
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IA-99-38 |
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF LOW-ACID CANNED FOODS OR ACIDIFIED FOODS DUE TO INADEQUATE PROCESS CONTROL |
https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_1132.html |
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