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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GAO recommends FDA improve oversight of import alert removal decisions
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is out with a new report suggesting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) needs to up its game when it comes to imported seafood. At issue is the FDA’s oversight
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Another company expands recall of frozen tuna from Vietnam
More frozen tuna from Vietnam is under recall because of the danger of scombroid fish poisoning.
Northern Fisheries LTD of Little Compton, RI, has expanded its voluntary recall of frozen, wild-caught yellowfin tuna “medallions” from
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Dozens sick in outbreak; company refuses FDA’s request to recall tuna
Authorities are investigating an ongoing outbreak of scombrotoxin fish poisoning traced to yellowfin tuna. They have blocked all incoming shipments of the fish from a Vietnamese company that has refused to initiate a recall.
Public
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Company recalls imported fish; inspectors say catfish labeled as tilapia
A New York importer is recalling an undetermined amount of frozen catfish that is incorrectly labeled as tilapia. Some of the fish has sell by dates as far away as January 2021.
Inspectors from the
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FDA issues alerts for candy pacifiers, seafood, mushrooms, supplements
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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State testing finds Listeria risk; salmon filets under recall nationwide
Euphoria Fancy Food Inc. of Brooklyn, NY is recalling some of its packages of “CAPITAN K” salmon slightly salted pieces because they may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
“The contamination was discovered after sampling by
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U.S. company recalls caviar from Iceland because of botulism risk
Roland Foods LLC is recalling lumpfish caviar from Iceland because testing showed improper processing, which could mean it is contaminated with the bacteria that causes botulism poisoning.
The New York City company distributed the caviar
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Norway finds most imported seafood to be compliant
Microorganisms and parasites were only rarely detected in seafood products imported to Norway from third countries in 2018, according to a new report.
The document summarizes an ongoing monitoring program for veterinary border control on
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Researchers say vaccinations could stamp out hepatitis A outbreaks
Reports of hepatitis A infections in the United States increased by about 300 percent in 2016-2018 compared with the previous two years, according to research published this week by the Centers for Disease Control ad
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U.S. detaining some tuna from Vietnam because of link to outbreak
The United States has “red listed” some frozen tuna from a Vietnamese producer because of its link to an ongoing Salmonella Newport outbreak. The tuna, imported by Louisiana-based Jensen Tuna will be detained at U.S.
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