First Importer Put on FDA Import Alert for FSVP Violations
The first importer has been placed on a Food and Drug Administration import alert for Foreign Supplier Verification Program violations. Import Alert 99-41 now lists Brodt Zenatti Holdings as the first, and for now only, importer on its “Red List.”…
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All imports of tahini (sesame seed paste) by the Florida company will now be refused entry. The import alert does not apply to other foods from the company, or to tahini from other importers, even if from the same supplier. Brodt Zenatti was also the subject of FDA’s first warning letter for FSVP violations (see 1908150017), after an FDA inspection conducted during a tahini-linked salmonella outbreak found the importer did not have an FSVP plan in place for the tahini it imported.