FDA increases import enforcement on canned food, papayas, and other foods

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. Use the chart below to view import alerts.



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