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.
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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.
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Continue Reading FDA imposes extra import regulations on cantaloupe, coconut and seafood
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.
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Continue Reading FDA steps up import enforcement on products including seafood and juice
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. Click on the table to go to the
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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 on trees and are called a nut, but they are not tree nuts nor are
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 only packages with a date code of May 28, 2020, according to the Canadian Food
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 found in two unopened packages from the same lot.
The Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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 Columbia were confirmed with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Typhimurium. Three people were admitted to
Continue Reading Salmonella outbreak over, but CDC says coconut threat lingers
The same brand of frozen, shredded coconut that has been linked
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 known allergen.
Specifically, the sandwiches contain coconut milk and coconut cream, according to the recall
Continue Reading Chicken, pork sandwiches recalled for undeclared allergen
