FDAImports.com Assists Mexican Peanut Company with Import Alert #99-08 for Pesticides, Obtains Removal
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March 13, 2012
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The FDAImports.com team of FDA consultants and attorneys recently petitioned FDA to remove another client from FDA Import Alert, this time, Import Alert #99-08, “Detention without Physical Examination of Processed Foods for Pesticides,” which is the same alert that FDA added Brazilian orange juice processors to due to the presence of carbendazim.
In this case, a shipment of imported flavored peanuts from Mexico contained a residue of the pesticide pirimiphos-methyl, which is not permitted in peanuts. FDA placed the Mexican peanut processor … READ MORE
