FDA Import Alert 99-08

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 3/7/2025 updates the reason for alert and guidance section including agency contacts. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks (***). This alert provides a compilation of all processed human and animal foods that may be subject to detention without physical examination ***(DWPE)*** due to illegal pesticide chemical residues pursuant to the procedures outlined in Chapter 9 of the Regulatory Procedures Manual (RPM). ***This alert covers specific firms. Countrywide DWPE recommendations are covered by #99-15, "Countrywide Detention Without Physical Examination of Processed Foods for Pesticides."***

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 99-08, mirrored 18 October 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.