On Jan. 13 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL) for December. The ICSSL is published monthly for the information and use by food control officers, the seafood industry and other interested persons. The shippers listed have been certified by regulatory authorities in the U.S., Canada, Chile, South Korea, Mexico and New Zealand under the uniform sanitation requirements of the National Shellfish Program.
On Jan. 10 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Jan. 9 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration issued its weekly Enforcement Report for Jan. 8 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On Jan. 8 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Jan. 7 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
The Food and Drug Administration is establishing a list U.S. milk product manufacturers and processors interested in exporting to China, according to a Jan. 7 update from the agency’s Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition. The list will be used to help U.S. manufacturers comply with the Chinese government’s new requirements for importing milk products into China. The Chinese government has said milk products from manufacturers and processors that are not on FDA’s list could be denied entry into China, said FDA.
The Food and Drug Administration threatened to refuse imports from seafood processors in Chile, India, and El Salvador, in three recent warning letters sent by the agency. According to the letters, FDA found violations of seafood hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) requirements in facilities owned by Comercial Comtesa of Chile (here), Parayil Food Products of India (here), and Acpetamar of El Salvador (here). The agency’s inspection of Parayil also turned up violations of FDA’s emergency permit control and acidified food regulations, it said.
During the week of Dec. 30 - Jan. 5, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination and/or surveillance of: