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 alert modifications.
Import Alert
Description
URL
IA-16-119
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Fish And Fishery Products For Importer And Foreign Processor (Manuf) Combinations
/cms_ia/importalert_23.html
IA-16-124
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Aquaculture Seafood Products Due To Unapproved Drugs
/cms_ia/importalert_27.html
IA-16-81
Detention Without Physical Examination of Seafood Products Due to the Presence of Salmonella
/cms_ia/importalert_49.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-68-19
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF UNAPPROVED NEW ANIMAL DRUGS
/cms_ia/importalert_1147.html
IA-76-01
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Medical Instruments from Pakistan 2
/cms_ia/importalert_224.html
IA-95-05
Detention Without Physical Examination of Electronic Products That Fail to Comply with Performance Standards or No Certification
None
IA-99-08
Detention Without Physical Examination Of Processed Human and Animal Foods for Pesticides
/cms_ia/importalert_259.html
IA-99-30
Detention Without Physical Examination of All Milk Products, Milk Derived Ingredients and Finished Food Products Containing Milk from China Due to the Presence of Melamine and/or Melamine Analogs
/cms_ia/importalert_401.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