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Other Modified FDA Import Alerts for the Week of Oct. 27 - Nov. 2
November 4, 2014 |FDA

During the week of Oct. 27 - Nov. 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:

FDA Sampling Finds Seafood Labeling Issues for Imported Snapper, Grouper
October 27, 2014 |FDA

Importers and wholesale distributors of cod- and catfish-related fish are generally labeling it as the correct species, but labeling issues persist for grouper and snapper, according to the results of recent DNA testing by the Food and Drug Administration (here). Of the cod and haddock sampled by FDA, 100% passed inspection. The same went for catfish and swai in the U.S. distribution chain, said FDA. But 11% of grouper samples and 37% of snapper samples collected by FDA between April 2012 and September 2013 were mislabeled, said the agency.