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
Continue Reading Federal alerts include milk products from China, aquaculture seafood
Researchers have provided insights into Vibrio parahaemolyticus infections in the United Kingdom, finding the majority in people returning from Southeast Asia.
Scientists analyzed archived Vibrio parahaemolyticus strains isolated from domestic infections and travelers into the
Continue Reading Study uncovers data on Vibrio infections entering the UK
Imported fruit and vegetables was the category with the highest percentage of non-compliances during testing in 2019, according to authorities in Singapore.
A total of 3,825 consignments of fruit and vegetables were sampled from April
Continue Reading Imported fruit and veg main problem in Singaporean sampling
Results of checks at the border on food by Belgian and Swiss authorities and French controls on seafood products have revealed varying levels of non-compliance.
In Belgium, the Federal Agency for the Safety of the
Continue Reading Belgium and Switzerland reveal results of border checks for food
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
Continue Reading FDA takes enforcement action against shrimp, cilantro, pig ears
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.
Continue Reading Snacks company receives warning letter for violating federal law
An analysis by Norwegian scientists has found a low level of heavy metals in processed fish products in the country.
Commercially available items were collected from 2015 to 2018 and analyzed as composite samples for
Continue Reading Norway looks at metals in seafood; assesses local meat producers
Researchers in Slovenia have described results from a long-term, national Clostridioides difficile food surveillance project. Positive results were found in meat, fresh produce and poultry.
The three-year period of testing revealed a low proportion of
Continue Reading Slovenian study reveals low levels of C. difficile in food
There has been an increase in Vibrio outbreaks and presence in seafood has been known to disrupt trade, according to FAO and WHO.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and World
Continue Reading Vibrio increase concerns lead to risk assessment
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
Continue Reading Cantaloupes, seafood top list of enforcement modifications
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.
Continue Reading Warning letters sent to two seafood processing facilities and cheese manufacturing facility
