Low-acid canned foods and acidified foods without filed scheduled processes

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 08/19/2020 updates the guidance, agency contacts, and product description. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks (***). The low-acid canned foods (LACF) and acidified foods (AF) regulations at 21 CFR Part 108 require registered foreign commercial food processors to provide FDA with information as to their scheduled processes for each LACF and AF product in each container size no later than 60 days after registering as a LACF or AF, or both, commercial processor and prior to packing any new product. Scheduled processes are required to be filed with FDA for any products that meet the definitions of an LACF product or an AF product. As part of FDA's admissibility review for products offered for entry into the United States, FDA examines whether food products are subject to these requirements, and, if so, whether the foreign

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 99-37, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.