FDA import alert

Import Alert 79-01

Detention Without Physical Examination of Topical/External Bandages, Dressings, Gauzes/Sponges and Cotton Pads Due to Microbiological Contamination

28

Red-list entries

0

Green-list entries

9

Countries

2019-06-04

Last change seen

Official FDA source ↗Data refreshed 2026-07-11 UTC

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.

Red-list entries by country

Firms on this red list

Showing 28 of 28 entries — search a specific firm on the free checker.

  • Executive Promotions

    09/16/2009

    Canada · Dressing, Wound, Drug; Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; Kit, First Aid

  • Shanmark Medical Products Inc.

    09/16/2009

    Canada · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • Anji-Yuandong Medical Products Co Ltd

    08/05/2016

    China · Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use; Bandage, Elastic

  • Chain Medical Products Co., Ltd.

    01/14/2010

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; Dressing, Compression; Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use

  • Derma Sciences Nantong Inc

    10/23/2013

    China · Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic

  • Dhp Co., Ltd

    06/09/2014

    China · General & Plastic Surgery; General Hospital/Personal Use

  • Dongguan City Risen Medical Products Co., Ltd

    06/04/2019

    China · First aid kit without drug; General & Plastic Surgery; General Hospital/Personal Use

  • Guangdong Provincial Light Industry

    09/16/2009

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • Jiangxi Medicines & Health Products I/E Corp.

    09/16/2009

    China · Sponge, Gauze; Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use

  • NANJING HIMED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

    01/17/2017

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • NINGBO CHINMED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD

    04/13/2016

    China · Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic

  • Ningbo Chinmed Technology Co. Ltd.

    04/13/2016

    China · Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic

  • Ningbo Chinmed Technology Co. Ltd.

    04/13/2016

    China · Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic

  • Taizhoushi Baisheng Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.

    07/11/2014

    China · Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use

  • WELONG PLASTIC PRODUCTS CO, LTD

    02/02/2015

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; Bandage, Elastic

  • YIWU BANGMEI MEDICAL PRODUCTS

    03/03/2015

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; First aid kit without drug

  • Yangzhou Super-Union Medical Material Co., Ltd.

    05/18/2017

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; Kit, First Aid; Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use

  • Yuyao Chengze Medical Supplies Factory

    06/18/2015

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • Zhejiang Bangli Medical Products Co., Ltd

    09/16/2009

    China · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; Bandage, Elastic

  • Zhejiang Hongyu Medical Commodity Co., Ltd.

    11/02/2015

    China · Dressing, Wound, Hydrophilic; Bandage, Elastic

  • Fabrik Gmbh Co Kg

    09/16/2009

    Germany · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • SUNWAY PHARMACEUTICAL CO. LTD.

    09/16/2009

    Hong Kong SAR · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • ABS Medicare Pvt. Ltd.

    09/16/2009

    India · Dressing, Wound And Burn, Interactive; Dressing, Wound, Hydrogel

  • Sato Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd

    07/20/2010

    Japan · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive; Bandage, Elastic

  • White Medical Ind Inc

    09/16/2009

    Korea (The Republic Of) · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

  • Degasa, S.A. DE C.V

    09/16/2009

    Mexico · Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use

  • Laboratorios Jaloma S.A. de C.V.

    09/16/2009

    Mexico · Gauze/Sponge, Nonresorbable For External Use

  • Arsons Industries

    09/16/2009

    Pakistan · Tape And Bandage, Adhesive

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