On Feb. 6 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 Feb. 5 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.

On Feb. 5 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On Feb. 4 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Margaret Hamburg will travel to India Feb. 10-18 for meetings intended to strengthen cooperation between FDA and Indian regulators. During the trip, which will include visits to Delhi, Cochin, and Mumbai, Commissioner Hamburg will meet with Indian policy and government leaders involved in the regulation of medical and food products exported to the U.S., said FDA in its press release. Currently, India is the second largest exporter of finished drug products and the eighth largest exporter of food products to the United States, it said.

On Feb. 3 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

During the week of Jan. 27 - Feb. 2, 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:

On Jan. 31 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 asking for comments by April 7 on its criteria for designating a list of high-risk foods that will eventually be subject to increased recordkeeping requirements. Under the Food Safety Modernization Act, FDA’s must base its list on criteria that include the severity of past outbreaks, the likelihood of contamination, and the likelihood that contaminated food will cause illness. According to an update from FDA's Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition (here), the agency plans to put together its list of high-risk foods by the time it issues an upcoming proposed rule on recordkeeping requirements for high-risk foods.

On Jan. 30 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: