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
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Tree nuts, including coconuts, are classified as “major allergens” under the Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act of 2004 (FALCPA).
But a campaign is now underway to get coconuts off the list. Coconuts grow
Continue Reading Growers want coconuts off the FDA list of major allergens
Canadian officials expanded a coconut recall Wednesday after conducting additional product tests that returned positive results for Salmonella contamination.
The initial recall notice posted April 14 for FeedingChange Canada brand “Young Thai Coconut Meat” affected
Continue Reading Officials expand coconut recall after more positive Salmonella test results
More cases of Salmonella infections have been reported in Norway with a link to imported dried fruit and coconut. Salmonella Agbeni has been detected in several samples of the snack mixes. Salmonella Gamaba was also
Continue Reading Snack mix recall expanded as patient count increases in Salmonella outbreak
Federal officials say an outbreak of Salmonella traced to dried coconut appears to be over, but they are renewing their public warning about a lingering threat.
Fourteen people across eight states and the District of
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak over, but CDC says coconut threat lingers
Coconut Tree brand frozen, shredded coconut is under recall in Canada because of possible contamination with Salmonella. The same brand is under recall in the United States, where it is implicated
Continue Reading Canada recalls coconut; same brand linked to U.S. outbreak
GB Green Gastronome LLC in Jamaica, NY, is recalling about 8,000 pounds of chicken and pork steam buns because a federal inspector discovered the company had failed to update product labels to include coconut, a
Continue Reading Chicken, pork sandwiches recalled for undeclared allergen
