FDA import alert
Import Alert 98-04
Detention Without Physical Examination of Certain Regulated Tobacco Products Found to be Not Substantially Equivalent
5
Red-list entries
0
Green-list entries
3
Countries
2015-10-07
Last change seen
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
| Country | Entries |
|---|---|
| United States | 3 |
| India | 1 |
| Philippines | 1 |
Firms on this red list
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C.H. Graphics
02/21/2014
India · Kreteks, Flavored (Other), For Consumer Use
Pacific Stanford Manufacturing Corporation
10/07/2015
Philippines · Cigarettes, Unflavored, For Consumer Use; Cigarettes, Flavored (Menthol), For Consumer Use; Cigarettes, Flavored (Other), For Consumer Use
Eagle River Importers Inc
10/07/2015
United States · Cigarettes, Unflavored, For Consumer Use; Cigarettes, Flavored (Menthol), For Consumer Use; Cigarettes, Flavored (Other), For Consumer Use
Jash International, Inc
02/21/2014
United States · Kreteks, Flavored (Other), For Consumer Use
Lit Distributor, Inc.
10/07/2015
United States · Cigarettes, Unflavored, For Consumer Use; Cigarettes, Flavored (Menthol), For Consumer Use; Cigarettes, Flavored (Other), For Consumer Use
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