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FDA May Refuse Imports of Canned Food From Italian Exporter

The Food and Drug Administration warned an Italian canned food exporter that it may refuse entry to its products after finding violations of U.S. Low Acid Canned Food (LACF) and Emergency Permit Control regulations. The agency’s April 18 warning letter…

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says that, unless Pancrazio fixes violations uncovered during an FDA inspection of its Cava dei Terreni facility in Italy, FDA may put the company’s products on import alert subject to detention without physical examination. FDA also said it will have to perform a reinspection to verify compliance once the problems are fixed, and will bill Pancrazio’s U.S. agent for expenses incurred.