Human and Animal Foods Imported from Foreign Suppliers by Importers Who Are Not in Compliance with the Requirements of the Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) Regulation

Why FDA issued it

NOTE: The revision of this Import Alert, dated 05/10/2024, updates the reason for alert section, and the guidance section to include standard language; an additional statement on products not covered under FSVP regulation, product description section and PAC codes. Changes are bracketed by asterisks (***). Section 805 of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 384a) requires each importer of food to perform risk-based foreign supplier verification activities for the purpose of verifying that the food imported by the importer is produced in compliance with the requirements of section 418 (21 U.S.C. 350g) (regarding hazard analysis and risk-based preventive controls) or section 419 (21 U.S.C 350h)(regarding standards for produce safety) of the FD&C Act, as appropriate; and that the food is not adulterated under section 402 or misbranded under section 403(w). The Foreign Supplier Verification Programs for

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 99-41, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.