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.
Use the chart below to view import alerts.
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The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has updated its public calendar to provide information about its meetings in March and April.
It lists meetings held by the Under Secretary and Deputy Under Secretary, Office of Food Safety (OFS), and the Administrator and Deputy Administrator for FSIS with persons
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IAEA and FAO are to hold an event next year focusing on the use of nuclear technologies for food safety.
The International Symposium on Food Safety and Control will take place from May 27 to 31, 2024 in Vienna, Austria.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and United Nations’ Food
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Students can now apply for a travel scholarship to attend IAFP’s European event on food safety.
The International Association for Food Protection’s (IAFP) European Symposium is in Aberdeen, Scotland from May 3-5, 2023.
Graduate and undergraduate students living in Europe and enrolled in a college or university food safety-related degree program in Europe are encouraged to
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The Center for Produce Safety has announced its 2022 Research Symposium Agenda.
According to the CPS announcement, 32 scientists are waiting to share their fresh produce food safety research. They investigate questions asked by the industry and welcome input in their final and interim findings.
The CPS Research Symposium will
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is hosting a webinar on April 13 at 2 p.m. on the Foodborne Outbreak Response Improvement Plan that the agency released in early December 2021.
Deputy FDA Commissioner Frank Yiannas and FDA experts across the agency’s human foods program will be available to explain
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The International Association for Food Protection is still looking for nominations for awards to be presented at this year’s annual conference. The deadline for submissions is Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.
The awards will be presented at IAFP’s annual conference, which is set for July 31 – Aug. 3 in Pittsburgh,
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Stop Foodborne Illness have announced a second webinar in their “Collaborating on Culture in the New Era of Smarter Food Safety” series that explores food safety culture.
The webinar is titled “Making Leaders Risk Aware and Push to Reduce Risk” and will take
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On June 4, 11:30 a.m. 1 p.m., the Central Valley Food Safety Committee, in partnership with the College of the Sequoias Training Resource Center, is offering a free hybrid meeting for food safety professionals and consultants. The event will be located at the Visalia Convention Center and Live Streamed.
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This year’s International Association for Food Protection Annual Meeting will be held both at the Phoenix (AZ) Convention Center and virtually for those unable to travel, July 18-21.
Attendees will join thousands of food safety professionals from around the world for three days of sharing, learning and networking. Attendees range
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