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.
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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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IF Copack LLC doing business as Initiative Foods is recalling one lot of the “Tippy Toes” brand Apple Pear Banana Fruit puree because of elevated levels of patulin.
Patulin is
Certain Stellar Bay Shellfish brand oysters are being recalled in Canada because of norovirus contamination.
There have been illnesses associated with consumption of the recalled oysters, according to the Canadian
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.
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