On February 9, 2024, FDA issued “Recommendations for Collecting Representative Samples for Food Testing Used as Evidence for Release of Certain Fish and Fishery Products Subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) and Removal of a Foreign Manufacturer’s...
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Seafood HACCP Implementation for Foreign Suppliers
The Food & Drug Administration’s (FDA) Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) principles and practices started as a joint project between NASA and Pillsbury in the 1960s. The goal of HACCP was to ensure safe food for NASA’s astronaut program. Since...
FSIS Recalls Siluriformes Imported from China, Consumers Potentially Still in Possession
Earlier in June, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) and Yumei Foods USA, Inc., announced a recall of over 9,000 pounds of processed Siluriformes imported from the People’s Republic of China. China is eligible to import raw...
Reconditioning Proposals for Adulterated Seafood: What FDA Wants to See
Our team has noted a recent and significant uptick in the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) enforcement with respect to seafood imports. Specifically, FDA has been heavily encouraging the use of the draft guidance document entitled “Reconditioning of Fish and...
GAO Study on FDA’s Seafood Import Alerts Released
U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently issued a report that reviewed the steps FDA takes when removing seafood products from import alert. Although FDA intends to conduct a certain amount of sampling or inspections as part of their decision to remove a...
Seafood Import Alerts: Understanding the Basics
An FDA import alert listing can destroy a supply-chain, and even result in an import ban. To issue an alert, FDA only needs to convince itself that one is necessary. Their impact and ease of issuance make import alerts FDA’s primary import enforcement tool, making it...
Seafood Import Monitoring Program to Extend to Shrimp December 31
Update 2/25/2019:Due to communication disruptions during the recent government shutdown, NMFS and Customs have extended the informed compliance period for shrimp and abalone to April 1, 2019. Update 01/22/2019:Due to communication disruptions during the recent...
Seafood Included in New U.S. Tariffs on Chinese Goods
Update 08/13/2018: The President has directed the USTR to consider raising the tariff level from 10% to 25% on the most recent round of tariffs, described below. As a result, the comment period has been extended to September 6, 2018. Posted: 07/19/2018: U.S Trade...
Warning Signs You May Get Added to an Import Alert
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Shrimp Added to NOAA/NMFS’s Seafood Traceability Program
Update: 4/25/2018 We previously reported that the Consolidated Appropriations Act 2018 (commonly called the omnibus spending bill), which was signed into law by President Trump on March 23rd, 2018, lifted the stay on inclusion of shrimp in the Seafood Import...