Foods Containing Undeclared Major Food Allergens Or Foods That Fail To Properly Label Major Food Allergens

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 01/03/2023 adds 'sesame' to list of allergens in reason for alert, updates the guidance section including agency contacts. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks (***). Reason for Alert: A major food allergen is defined as any of the following: milk, egg, fish (e.g., bass, flounder, or cod), Crustacean shellfish (e.g., crab, lobster, or shrimp), tree nuts (e.g., almonds, pecans, or walnuts), wheat, peanuts, soybeans and ***sesame*** as well as any food ingredient that contains protein derived from one of these foods, with the exception of highly refined oils or ingredients exempt from allergen labeling under the petition or notification process (Section 201(qq) of the Act). Petitions and notifications are listed on FDAs website at: https://www.fda.gov/food/food-labeling-nutrition/inventory-petitions-received-under-21-usc-

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 99-22, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.