FDA Withdraws Debarment of Food Importer Pair Cleared of Criminal Charges for Redelivery Violation
The Food and Drug Administration will reinstate the right of Anneri and Yuri Izurieta to import food, withdrawing two debarment orders in response to a February 2013 court decision overturning criminal penalties against the two Florida residents. The two had…
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been barred from importing for 30 and 20 years, respectively, after the Southern Florida U.S. District Court found them guilty of criminal charges related to their failure to redeliver tainted food (see 12012706). But the U.S.11th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the conviction in February, saying that 19 CFR 141.113 redelivery violations aren’t subject to criminal penalties (see 13022503 and 13030718). FDA said it is withdrawing its debarments (here) and (here) because the court order vacating the criminal charges removed the basis for the prohibitions.