FDA import alert

Import Alert 99-43

Detention Without Physical Examination Of Ready-To-Eat Human Food Products That Appear To Have Been Prepared, Packed, Or Held Under Insanitary Conditions

160

Red-list entries

0

Green-list entries

23

Countries

2026-08-06

Last change seen

Official FDA source ↗Data refreshed 2026-08-27 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 →

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Red-list entries by country

CountryEntries
Mexico59
Honduras21
Nicaragua21
India12
China7
El Salvador6
Portugal5
Turkey5
Dominican Republic (The)3
France3
Egypt2
Georgia2
Italy2
Jordan2
United Arab Emirates2
Bolivia1
Brazil1
Canada1
Cyprus1
Ecuador1
Spain1
Syrian Arab Republic1
Venezuela1

Firms on this red list

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