Import alerts include seafood, dyes, agricultural pesticides on raw food

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.

Import Alert	Description	URL
IA-16-04	DWPE Misbranded Seafood – Species Substitution -Rev 3/24/95	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_13.html
IA-16-39	Detention Without Physical Examination of Processed Seafood and Analogue Seafood (Surimi) Products for Listeria Monocytogenes	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_44.html
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
IA-53-06	Detention Without Physical Examination Of Cosmetics That are Adulterated and/or Misbranded Due to Color Additive Violations	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_130.html
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
IA-66-64	Detention Without Physical Examination Of Essiac and Products Containing Essiac	None
IA-89-08	Detention Without Physical Examination of Devices Without Approved PMAs or IDEs and Other Devices Not Substantially Equivalent or Without a 510(k)	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_244.html
IA-99-05	Detention Without Physical Examination of Raw Agricultural Products for Pesticides	http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_258.html
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
IA-99-14	Countrywide Detention Without Physical Examination Of Raw Agricultural Products for Pesticides	None
IA-99-39	DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF IMPORTED FOOD PRODUCTS THAT APPEAR TO BE MISBRANDED	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_1144.html