FDA import alert
Import Alert 98-05
DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF REGULATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS FOR NON PAYMENT OF USER FEE
31
Red-list entries
0
Green-list entries
1
Countries
2026-07-09
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 | 31 |
Firms on this red list
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A & T Tobacco Imports, Inc
08/25/2021
United States · Tobacco Products
CALIFA IMPORTS INC
07/19/2023
United States · Tobacco Products
CALIFA IMPORTS INC
07/19/2023
United States · Tobacco Products
CANO TABACCO, INC
06/06/2019
United States · Tobacco Products
CHICAGO INDUSTRIES GROUP, INC
08/25/2021
United States · Tobacco Products
DK DISTRIBUTORS INC
03/21/2020
United States · Tobacco Products
DK DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
03/21/2020
United States · Tobacco Products
Dk Distributors, Inc.
11/04/2014
United States · Tobacco Products
ERITREAN CORPORATION
07/09/2026
United States · Tobacco Products
ERITREAN CORPORATION DBA FIRS
07/09/2026
United States · Tobacco Products
ERITREAN CORPORATION DBA FIRST CHOICE PIPE TOBACCO
07/09/2026
United States · Tobacco Products
FLORIDA IMPORT EXPORT SERVICES
11/26/2019
United States · Tobacco Products
First Choice Pipe Tobacco
07/09/2026
United States · Tobacco Products
Gsm Services Llc
07/17/2023
United States · Tobacco Products
Heritage Tobacco
05/13/2024
United States · Tobacco Products
Heritage Tobacco LLC
05/13/2024
United States · Tobacco Products
Heritage Tobacco LLC
05/13/2024
United States · Tobacco Products
JAY SHREE HANUMAN (JSH) INC
03/14/2022
United States · Tobacco Products
Jash International, Inc
08/25/2021
United States · Tobacco Products
LA TOBACCO CORP
06/06/2019
United States · Tobacco Products
LA TOBACCO CORP
03/30/2020
United States · Tobacco Products
LPR TOBACCO IMPORTS INC
03/26/2020
United States · Tobacco Products
LPR TOBACCO IMPORTS INC
10/04/2019
United States · Tobacco Products
Lit Distributor, Inc.
11/04/2014
United States · Tobacco Products
RAO TOBACCO IMPORTS
10/03/2019
United States · Tobacco Products
RAO TOBACCO IMPORTS
03/21/2020
United States · Tobacco Products
SOUTH FLORIDA IMPORT & EXPORT
04/18/2023
United States · Tobacco Products
SOUTH FLORIDA IMPORT & EXPORT CORP
04/18/2023
United States · Tobacco Products
SPECIALTY TOBACCO, INC
06/06/2019
United States · Tobacco Products
Specialty Tobacco Inc
02/05/2020
United States · Tobacco Products
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