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 links to view the full
Continue Reading FDA takes enforcement action against shrimp, cilantro, pig ears
Certain fresh basil grown in Colombia and distributed by a Minnesota company, United Natural Foods Inc., has tested positive for a microscopic parasite.
The recall covers a variety of sizes of packages of the fresh basil, all of which carries a label with 112 and “Product of Colombia, according to
Continue Reading Natural foods company recalls organic fresh basil because of parasite concerns
A few weeks ago many government agencies announced they would be following public health recommendations and have non-essential employees stay home because of the coronavirus pandemic. Among the staff activities and services suspended by the FDA were certain random tests of food and inspections of domestic and foreign food
Continue Reading Beach Beat: FDA posts less than half the number of food recalls during pandemic
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 links to view the full
Continue Reading Pesticides, seafood species fraud, Salmonella result in holds at border
The FDA revealed Tuesday that it has flexed some previously unexercised muscles by issuing the first ever warning letter to an importer for failure to follow the Foreign Supplier Verification Program food safety rule.
A Salmonella outbreak earlier this year that was linked to imported tahini is behind the enforcement
Continue Reading FDA throws new enforcement punch; U.S. importer in the corner
Editor’s note: Joe Whitworth attended the forum earlier this week for Food Safety News and will be posting his coverage in the coming days.
As nations sell more and more food across international borders, food safety continues to be a cutting-edge issue. People are eager to try new foods and
Continue Reading WTO director general outlines importance of food safety in trade
What is down, up, and down again?
It’s the number of food facilities around the world that are registered with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA deleted more than 47,600 facilities from its list because operators did not renew registrations by the end of 2018.
The Food Safety
Continue Reading FDA purges ‘expired’ registrations for food facilities in U.S and overseas
Like an “oldie but goodie” in the “Back to the Future” movies, the “Buy American” provision in the National School Lunch Act is again being squeezed for political benefits.
Rep. John Garamendi, D-CA, wants to amend current law to require schools to obtain “waivers” before purchasing imported foods for lunch
Continue Reading No foreign foods in school lunches without USDA waiver
