FDA import alert
Import Alert 23-15
***"Detention Without Physical Examination of Food Products Including Finished Dietary Supplements and Bulk Dietary Ingredients, That Are, or That Contain, Areca (Betel) Nuts, and Foodware Made From Areca catechu Palm Leaves�***
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Red-list entries
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Green-list entries
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03/23/2026
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What being on this list means
Firms on an import alert's Red List are subject to Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE): FDA can detain their shipments at the border automatically, without sampling or inspecting them. The burden shifts to the importer to prove — typically with private laboratory analysis, shipment by shipment — that the goods are not violative. Removal from the list requires evidence that the underlying problem is resolved, usually including a track record of consecutive clean shipments and a petition to FDA. How removal works →
A Green List on a countrywide alert works the other way: it names the firms FDA has excluded from detention because they demonstrated compliance.
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