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.” 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.
On Oct. 17 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 Oct. 16 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On Oct. 16 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 11 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 10 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On Oct. 9 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 Oct. 9 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, cosmetics, tobacco products, drugs, biologics and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
On Oct. 8 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The Food and Drug Administration is adding a new chapter to its draft guidance on hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls regulations for human food. The new Chapter 14 on recall plans is meant to help food establishments establish and implement a written recall plan, as required under the preventive controls regulations. Comments must be submitted by Feb. 4, 2020, to ensure FDA sees them before starting work on its upcoming final guidance document, the agency said in a notice.