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# Some shrimp, cantaloupe, papaya shipments face denial at borders
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/03/some-shrimp-cantaloupe-papaya-shipments-face-denial-at-borders/
- Published: 2021-03-16T04:02:29.000Z
- Updated: 2021-03-15T22:45:42.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Enforcement, Food Policy & Law, World, cantaloupe, coconut, FDA, food imports, import alert, imported food, papaya, seafood, shripm, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:33

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 table](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USFDA/2021/03/15/file%5Fattachments/1722978/Import%20Alerts%20Modified%20in%20the%20past%207%20days%203-15-21.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com) to go to the FDA page with links for specific details about various alert modifications.

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Click on the chart for the FDA page with individual links to specific modifications.

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