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 alerts.
Import Alert
Desc Text
URL
IA-16-120
Detention Without Physical Examination of Fish/Fishery Products from Foreign Processors (Mfrs.) Not in Compliance with Seafood HACCP
cms_ia/importalert_25.html
IA-16-124
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Aquaculture Seafood Products Due To Unapproved Drugs
cms_ia/importalert_27.html
IA-16-125
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF REFRIGERATED (NOT FROZEN) RAW FISH AND FISHERY PRODUCTS THAT ARE VACUUM PACKAGED OR MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGED OR PACKAGED IN A MATERIAL THAT IS NOT OXYGEN- PERMEABLE DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CLOST
cms_ia/importalert_28.html
IA-16-129
Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products Due to Nitrofurans
cms_ia/importalert_31.html
IA-23-14
Detention Without Physical Examination of Food Products due to the Presence of Aflatoxin
cms_ia/importalert_581.html
IA-28-13
Detention Without Physical Examination of ***Spices and Spice Products*** Due to Lead Contamination
cms_ia/importalert_1143.html
IA-45-02
Detention Without Physical Examination and Guidance of Foods Containing Illegal and/or Undeclared Colors
cms_ia/importalert_118.html
IA-66-41
Detention Without Physical Examination of Unapproved New Drugs Promoted In The U.S.
cms_ia/importalert_190.html
IA-66-78
Detention Without Physical Examination of Drugs, Based Upon Analytic Test Results
None
IA-89-08
Detention Without Physical Examination of Devices Without Approved PMAs or IDEs and Other Devices Not Substantially Equivalent or Without a 510(k)
cms_ia/importalert_244.html
IA-89-18
DWPE Examination of Filtering Facepiece Respirators (FFR)
None
IA-99-05
Detention Without Physical Examination of Raw Agricultural Products for Pesticides
cms_ia/importalert_258.html
IA-99-38
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF LOW-ACID CANNED FOODS OR ACIDIFIED FOODS DUE TO INADEQUATE PROCESS CONTROL
cms_ia/importalert_1132.html
IA-99-39
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF IMPORTED FOOD PRODUCTS THAT APPEAR TO BE MISBRANDED
cms_ia/importalert_1144.html