On June 18 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
During the week of June 4-10, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration modified the following existing Import Alerts (not otherwise listed on the FDA's new and revised import alerts page) on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 15 the Food and Drug Administration posted new and revised versions of the following Import Alerts on the detention without physical examination of:
On June 14 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 June 13 that lists the status of recalls and field corrections for food, drugs, biologics, and devices. The report covers both domestic and foreign firms.
All fresh, frozen, canned, and processed oysters, clams, mussels, and whole and roe-on scallops (molluscan shellfish) from Korea that have entered the U.S. should be removed from sale or service, said the Food and Drug Administration. This includes molluscan shellfish from Korea that entered the U.S. prior to May 1, when the FDA removed such products from the Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL), and that which may have inadvertently entered the country after that date, it said. According to FDA, These products and any products made with them may have been exposed to human fecal waste and are potentially contaminated with norovirus.
On June 13 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 announced the availability of a guidance intended to help small businesses understand and comply with the requirements of the final rule regarding labeling of drugs with a toll-free number for adverse event reporting, published in the Federal Register on October 28, 2008. The guidance entitled “Toll-Free Number Labeling and Related Requirements for Over-the-Counter and Prescription Drugs Marketed With Approved Applications; Small Entity Compliance Guide,” which FDA says describes certain requirements of the final rule in plain language and provides answers to common questions on how to comply with the rule, is available here.
On June 12 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 (FDA) issued the June Interstate Certified Shellfish Shippers List (ICSSL). The ICSSL is published monthly for the information and use by food control officers, the seafood industry and other interested persons. The shippers listed have been certified by regulatory authorities in the United States, Canada, Chile, Korea, Mexico and New Zealand under the uniform sanitation requirements of the National Shellfish Program.