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 for specific details about this week’s various alert modifications.
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A specialized Italian unit has revealed highlights from food controls this past year including meat and olive oil fraud as well as the illegal slaughter of horses for meat.
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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.
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The potential for bacteria to survive cleaning and disinfection means washing routines must be continuously assessed to maintain food safety, according to a scientist.
Thorben O. Reiche, from the Norwegian
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
The Food and Drug Administration is warning restaurants and retailers not to serve or sell certain oysters from British Columbia because of contamination with norovirus.
On Feb. 3, the Washington
Juniper Granola LLC of Rochester, NY, is recalling Chocolate Cherry and Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Junebars because they may contain undeclared milk and soy.
People who have an allergy or
