FDA Threatens Seafood Importers With Refusal of Entry
The Food and Drug Administration threatened two seafood importers with import refusal for violations of seafood hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) requirements, in two warning letters sent in late July. FDA said New York-based Taiyo Seafood NY ready-to-eat…
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tuna and frozen vacuumed packed tuna Ahi products are adulterated because the company didn’t adequately monitor sanitation at its facility and did not verify that its imported tuna complied with HACCP regulations (here). The agency sent a another letter to Wang Globalnet of Vernon, California, that said the company failed to verify its imported dried anchovy product complied with HACCP rules (here). Wang also failed to renew its registration by the applicable deadline, said FDA. The agency told both companies that it may place affected products on import alert and refuse them entry. FDA also said it may collect fees form each company to cover the cost of any reinspection to verify compliance.