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# Import alerts modified for shark fins, pig ears, various seafood commodities
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2021/08/import-alerts-modified-for-shark-fins-pig-ears-various-seafood-commodities/
- Published: 2021-08-17T04:01:55.000Z
- Updated: 2021-08-16T23:58:59.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Enforcement, Food Policy & Law, World, FDA, food imports, import alert, imported foods, imported seafood, pig ears, seafood, shark fins, #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 here to go to the FDA page with links](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USFDA/2021/08/16/file%5Fattachments/1906708/Import%20Alerts%20Modified%20in%20the%20past%207%20days%208-16-21.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com) for specific details about this week’s various alert modifications.

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