The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Use the chart below to view import alerts. Click here to go to

Photo illustration The FDA has expended an alert about cinnamon products to include “Super Brand” cinnamon because it has been found to have elevated levels of lead. The samples were collected by the Arkansas Department of Health at a retail establishment and reviewed by the Food and Drug Agency. Exposure to this product may be

Following a recall by Fresh Creative Foods, a division of Reser’s Fine Foods, Inc., Sprouts Farmers Market is recalling select lots of Chicken Street Taco kits supplied by Fresh Creative Foods because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination. The FDA recommends that anyone who purchased or received any recalled products to use extra vigilance in cleaning

Photo illustration CTS Foods is recalling Dal Molise brand Burratina (soft Italian fresh cheese with creamy center) because of generic E. coli. According to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), the recalled products were distributed in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, Canada. About E. coli infectionsAnyone who has consumed any recalled products and developed symptoms of