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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Dutch authorities have completed an investigation into cannabis in candy that prompted Haribo to issue a recall.
The Public Prosecution Service (Openbaar Ministerie) said no criminal prosecution will be filed.
The agency said the candy manufacturer was not involved in the case.
At the end of May, the Dutch Food
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As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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Devon County Council has become the latest authority to warn about the safety of American snacks, sweets and fizzy drinks.
Heart of the South West Trading Standards Service, which covers Devon, Plymouth, Somerset, and Torbay, said imported sweets not approved for sale are increasingly being seen in shops across the region.
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Parents in the United Kingdom have been warned again about unauthorized additives in imported American snacks, sweets, and fizzy drinks.
The Chartered Trading Standards Institute (CTSI) said confectionery items are being promoted by social media influencers on platforms like TikTok. The not-for-profit group previously raised the issue in late 2023.
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Two councils in England seized imported American cereal, candy, crisps, and drinks during operations.
More than 670 items at an Oxford Street candy shop were destroyed after being found by Westminster City Council’s environmental health team.
Products included American cereal, crisps, and fizzy drinks that contained additives, colorings, and e-numbers
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Police in New Zealand are investigating how drugs in sweet wrappers were donated to a food bank.
Earlier this week, the Auckland City Mission discovered that an unknown person donated some lollies containing methamphetamine that were included in food parcels.
The Rinda brand pineapple lollies were in a sealed retail-sized
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Despite the number of illnesses having more than doubled since an outbreak announcement this past week, a company that sells microdosing candy continues to refuse to issue a recall.
The Food and Drug Administration has issued a public warning about the products sold under the Diamond Shruumz brand. Implicated products
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The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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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 to go
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