On July 9, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On July 8, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On July 5, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On July 3, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On July 2, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The FDA is banning the use of brominated vegetable oil in food, it said in a final rule. The agency is revoking the authorization for the use of BVO as an ingredient to stabilize flavoring oils in fruit-flavored beverages, which was the only use allowed. “Few beverages in the U.S. contain BVO,” the FDA said in an industry update. The final rule takes effect Aug. 2, but compliance with the ban isn’t required until one year later.

On July 1, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

On June 28, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:

The FDA recently released an updated guidance document on circumstances that it would consider to be delaying, denying, limiting inspection or refusing inspections of foreign and domestic drug or device facilities. By law, drugs and devices from facilities that refuse inspection are deemed adulterated by the FDA, and barred from import. The new guidance supersedes guidance issued by the FDA in 2014, adding information on devices, among other things.

On June 27, the FDA posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of: