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# Heavy metals, pesticides, and undeclared colors  spur FDA to step up import alerts
- URL: https://www.foodsafetynews.com/2022/12/heavy-metals-pesticides-undeclared-colors-spur-fda-to-step-up-import-alerts/
- Published: 2022-12-29T05:01:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-12-28T21:06:44.000Z
- Author: News Desk
- Tags: Enforcement, Food Policy & Law, food imports, heavy metals, import alerts, imported food, pesticides, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-25 08:18

The Food and Drug Administration is continuing its use of 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](https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USFDA/2022/12/27/file%5Fattachments/2364134/Import%20Alerts%20Modified%20in%20the%20past%207%20days%2012-26-22.pdf?ref=foodsafetynews.com) to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/43/4e/434e508a-5e2f-4102-a53d-00bca10bb4bf/content/images/files/2022/12/import-alerts-12-28-22.png)

Click on the chart to enlarge it. Use the link above to go to the FDA page with links to specific alerts.

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