***�detention without physical examination of adulterated and misbranded infant formula"***

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 05/30/2025 updates the IA name, reason for alert, guidance including the agency contacts, charge code language and PAF. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks (***). ***Since an infant formula shortage in early 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) and U.S. government partners have been working to expand consumer access to infant formula products, while also ensuring that these products are safe and nutritionally adequate. As we emerged from the acute crisis, the agency has participated in numerous reviews, including an evaluation of the agency�s infant formula response. FDA has taken many steps to improve the resiliency of the infant formula supply, including by issuing multiple guidance documents intended to help facilitate the availability of safe and nutritionally adequate infant formula prod

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 40-05, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.