Illegal colors, Salmonella, pesticides among reasons for changes to alerts

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-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-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
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-76-01	Detention Without Physical Examination Of Medical Instruments from Pakistan 2	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/ cms_ia/importalert_224.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-99-19	Detention Without Physical Examination Of Food Products Due To The Presence Of Salmonella	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/ cms_ia/importalert_263.html
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