Human Food Products That Appear to be Adulterated for Economic Gain

Why FDA issued it

Note: The revision of this import alert dated 01/06/2025 updates the Reason for alert section, Guidance section and agency contacts. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks (***). Economically motivated adulteration (EMA) includes the substitution, addition, or omission of a substance in a product for the purpose of increasing the apparent value of the product or reducing the cost of its production for economic gain. Examples of EMA can include the addition of corn or cane syrup to honey, citric acid to a product labeled 100% lemon juice, or hydrolyzed inulin syrup to apple juice; the substitution for olive oil of another edible oil; offering a less expensive seafood species for sale as a more expensve-species; the addition of unapproved colors in bright colored spices to give the appearance of high quality; the addition of filler material in blended spices; ***or the incl

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 99-47, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.