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FDA import alerts

Problems put seafood, papaya, pet treats, etc. on U.S. alert list

By News Desk on March 2, 2021

Editor’s note:
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 …
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FDA import alerts

Alerts include concerns about seafood, food colorings, sulfites

By News Desk on February 23, 2021

Editor’s note:
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 …
Continue Reading Alerts include concerns about seafood, food colorings, sulfites

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48.4 tons of ineligible beef from China caught and recalled

By News Desk on February 22, 2021

Chino, CA-based GLG Trading Inc. late Monday recalled almost 97,000 pounds of beef tallow products that were imported from the People’s Republic of China, an ineligible country for beef, without the benefit of FSIS import

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FDA import alerts

Import alerts include problems with cheese, shrimp, misbranding, pesticides

By News Desk on February 17, 2021

Editor’s note:
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 …
Continue Reading Import alerts include problems with cheese, shrimp, misbranding, pesticides

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USDA concerned about chicken from China; fake U.S. inspection mark used

By News Desk on December 20, 2020

The product is no longer available to consumers, but USDA officials have issued a public alert for certain organic imported raw chicken wings because they are marked with a fraudulent establishment number. Label information printed…
Continue Reading USDA concerned about chicken from China; fake U.S. inspection mark used

FDA Warning Letters

FDA sends warning letters to companies with foreign supplier and sanitation violations

By News Desk on November 23, 2020

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. …
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China defends COVID-19 stance at WTO meeting

By Joe Whitworth on November 19, 2020

China has defended its actions on coronavirus at a meeting of a World Trade Organization (WTO) committee.

The United States and Canada expressed concerns on China’s procedures affecting trade in food and agricultural products at…
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China reports further food-related coronavirus findings

By Joe Whitworth on November 16, 2020

China continues to report the presence of coronavirus on imported food products and packaging.

Recent reports include detection of coronavirus on packages of shrimp from Saudi Arabia, fish from India, beef from Brazil and Argentina,…
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Firms fined for illegal food imports; some fines imposed, others pending

By News Desk on November 10, 2020

Four companies have been fined in Singapore in the past month for illegally importing food products.

All of the firms had penalties set in court. In October, CCL Impex Pte Ltd. was fined S$3,600 (U.S.…
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FDA import alerts

FDA posts alerts against imports of cheese, seafood, juice, etc.

By News Desk on November 2, 2020

Editor’s note:
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 …
Continue Reading FDA posts alerts against imports of cheese, seafood, juice, etc.

FDA import alerts

Illegal colors, pesticides, lack of inspections spur import alert changes

By News Desk on October 13, 2020

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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