FDA warns three importers for failing to verify safety of imported foods

As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has been given months or years to correct problems. Portions of the letters are often redacted from public view.

The FDA has issued warning letters to three food importers for significant violations of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) rule, citing failures to ensure that imported foods meet U.S. safety standards. The violations could allow unsafe food into the U.S. market and may result in refusal of admission, detention at the border without physical examination (DWPE), or other enforcement actions.