Federal alerts include milk products from China, aquaculture seafood

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 alert modifications.

Import Alert	Description	URL
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
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
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
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-66-41	Detention Without Physical Examination of Unapproved New Drugs Promoted In The U.S.	http://www.accessdata.fda.gov /cms_ia/importalert_190.html
IA-66-78	Detention Without Physical Examination of Drugs, Based Upon Analytic Test Results	None
IA-68-19	DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF UNAPPROVED NEW ANIMAL DRUGS	https://www.accessdata.fda.gov /cms_ia/importalert_1147.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-95-05	Detention Without Physical Examination of Electronic Products That Fail to Comply with Performance Standards or No Certification	None
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-99-30	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
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
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