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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Owners of meat and poultry facilities around the country tell the Environmental Protection Agency that they will close their businesses before complying with a nearly year-old regulation requiring them to clean up their wastewater discharges.

The EPA proposed the regulation in December 2023, which would apply to wastewater discharges from

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The USDA Inspector General has launched an internal investigation into the agency’s handling of problems at a Boar’s Head production plant linked to a deadly Listeria outbreak.

Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-CT, said the U.S. Department of Agriculture handled the situation at the deli meat production plant as an “abject failure.”

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USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has granted a second extension to the comment period for the Salmonella Framework for Raw Poultry Products proposed rule and determination — this time until Jan. 17, 2025. 

By adding an additional two months and 11 days to the clock, FSIS is falling short

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The Food and Drug Administration continues using 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 chart below to view import alerts.

Continue Reading FDA steps up import enforcement because of pesticides, heavy metals and more

A federal court has entered into a consent decree with Rizo Lopez Foods Inc. regarding a deadly Listeria outbreak traced to its cheeses.

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California entered a permanent injunction against the company, prohibiting it from manufacturing and selling certain food products until

Continue Reading Consent decree related to deadly outbreak bars company from making and selling cheese

One month into the FDA’s new Human Foods Program, Deputy Commissioner Jim Jones will appear in a webinar by the Alliance for a Stronger FDA.

The FDA the country’s oldest comprehensive consumer protection agency, began its new chapter on Oct. 1.  The new human foods program took effect after a

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Because pasteurization is the defense against potentially deadly avian flu,  it can be argued that raw milk has never been more dangerous than now.

But today, a state appeals court in Pennsylvania will hear whether the infamous Amos Miller should be able to sell raw milk to out-of-state customers. Miller

Continue Reading Pennsylvania wants to prevent out-of-state raw milk sales by Amos Miller