What is Import Alert 71-02?

Import Alert 71-02, “Detention without physical examination of animal foods and food ingredients that may contain ingredients of animal origin”, is an FDA import alert. FDA may detain animal foods and food ingredients from the firms on its red list without physical examination; FDA last published the alert on May 22, 2025.

Which firms are on Import Alert 71-02?

As of October 25, 2026, 1 firm is listed on Import Alert 71-02 in 1 country; the most listings are in Canada (1). The full table, grouped by country, is below on this page and every firm links to its record.

How do firms get off Import Alert 71-02?

A firm asks FDA to remove it by submitting evidence that the cause of the listing has been corrected. The Guidance section of the alert on FDA's website gives the procedure and the contact for 71-02; our guide explains the steps and the evidence FDA usually asks for.

What charge does FDA use under Import Alert 71-02?

The charge section of Import Alert 71-02 names MFR INSAN (insanitary manufacturing, processing or packing). Each code is a refusal charge in FDA's reference table; the linked pages give FDA's official statement and refusal counts.

Import Alert 71-02: Detention without physical examination of animal foods and food ingredients that may contain ingredients of animal origin

FDA last published May 22, 2025FDA alert page

As of October 25, 2026, FDA Import Alert 71-02 (Animal foods that may contain animal-origin ingredients) lists 1 firm on its red list in 1 country, covering animal foods and food ingredients; 0 firms were added and 0 removed in the last 90 days.

Data from FDA public records, last checked October 25, 2026. Request a correction

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firms on the red list: 1
country: 0
added in the last 90 days: 0
removed in the last 90 days

What changed in the last 90 days

Additions use the date FDA published each listing. Removals are dated by the day SupplierRadar first saw the firm gone; the weekly and daily checks are described on the data sources page.

Removed from Import Alert 71-02

SupplierRadar has recorded no removals from Import Alert 71-02 in the last 90 days, as of October 25, 2026. A removal is shown at the top of this page, and on the firm's own page, the day it is found.

Added to Import Alert 71-02

No firm was added to Import Alert 71-02 in the last 90 days, as of October 25, 2026.

Firms on Import Alert 71-02, by country

1 listing in 1 country. Each name links to the firm's FDA record history; the date is the one FDA published on the alert.

Listings by country

Import alert listings by country
Country	Red list	Total
Canada	1	1

Canada (1)

FDA refusals from Canada

Firms in Canada on Import Alert 71-02
Firm	List	Products	Date published
Sure Crop FeedsGrindrod	Red	Cattle feed mixed ration-nonmedicated	Mar 30, 2016

Refusal charges named on this alert

FDA's alert page names these charge codes. The counts are refusal lines FDA recorded under each charge since October 2016, for all firms, not only firms on this alert.

Charge codes named on Import Alert 71-02
Charge code	Meaning	Refusal lines since 2016
MFR INSAN	Insanitary manufacturing, processing or packing	3,070

What the alert covers and why FDA issued it

FDA's wording, with FDA's change markers removed.

Official title: DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF ANIMAL FOODS AND FOOD INGREDIENTS THAT MAY CONTAIN INGREDIENTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN
Product scope: Animal foods and food ingredients Product Codes for Reference: 69-----, 70A----, 70D--08, 70D--99, 70M--01, 70M--04, 70M--07, 70M--20, 70M--99, 70Y----
Last published: May 22, 2025

The revision of this Import Alert (IA) dated 04/14/2025 updates the IA name, reason for alert, guidance section including agency contacts, product description and charge code language. Changes to the import alert are bracketed by asterisks ().
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Veterinary Services (VS) regulates the importation of animals and animal-origin materials. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is not the only reason USDA APHIS regulates the importation of animals and animal-origin materials into the U.S., although BSE is the focus of this particular import alert. USDA APHIS classifies foreign countries' BSE risk status as negligible, controlled, or undetermined. They maintain a list of countries' BSE status which can be searched through their website, https://www.aphis.usda.gov/. USDA's BSE restrictions and requirements are codified in 9 CFR part 94 and 9 CFR part 95.

FDA Import Alert 71-02, Reason for AlertRead it on FDA

Read the rest of the reason

Given their responsibility for regulating the import of animals and animal-origin materials into the U.S., USDA APHIS also shares with FDA some regulatory authority over the importation of certain animal food and animal food ingredients. (Animal food is food for animals other than man and includes animal feed and pet food.) In general, almost all imported animal foods and food ingredients that contain animal-origin material should be accompanied by a valid USDA import permit (VS Form 16-6A) and/or government-issued veterinary health certificate (zoosanitary certificate). As per APHIS's BSE comprehensive rule, APHIS restricts or prohibits the importation of certain animal-origin material based on the BSE risk status of the region of origin/export. USDA APHIS regulates the importation of animal foods or food ingredients that contain or consist of rendered meals, digests, and hydrolyzed proteins (e.g. meat and bone meal, other "meals"), regardless of country of export or species of origin. In addition, APHIS regulates the importation of animal food/food ingredients containing certain other animal by-products for BSE risk mitigation.

BSE is a bovine form of uniformly fatal neurological diseases known as TSEs (Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies) and BSE is spread by feeding infectious material to cattle. At this time, the causative agent is known to be a mis-formed prion which, when consumed by cattle, may lead to development of the disease. There is no test for the presence of the agent in animal-origin materials. BSE is treated as a public health matter because the consumption of contaminated beef has been linked to a human TSE disease known as vCJD (new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease).

In support of these USDA import prohibitions, and to monitor for compliance with FDA's regulations found in 21 CFR 589.2000 ("Animal proteins prohibited in ruminant feed") and 589.2001 ("Cattle materials prohibited in animal food or feed to prevent the transmission of bovine spongiform encephalopathy"), the FDA has a sampling program to conduct sampling and analysis of animal food and food ingredients offered for entry into the U.S. for the presence of animal-origin material.

Listing on an import alert is FDA's notice to the firm and a fact an importer must consider in its supplier evaluation under 21 CFR 1.505. What the red, green and yellow lists mean.

Questions about Import Alert 71-02

What is Import Alert 71-02?: Import Alert 71-02, “Detention without physical examination of animal foods and food ingredients that may contain ingredients of animal origin”, is an FDA import alert. FDA may detain animal foods and food ingredients from the firms on its red list without physical examination; FDA last published the alert on May 22, 2025.
Which firms are on Import Alert 71-02?: As of October 25, 2026, 1 firm is listed on Import Alert 71-02 in 1 country; the most listings are in Canada (1). The full table, grouped by country, is below on this page and every firm links to its record.
How do firms get off Import Alert 71-02?: A firm asks FDA to remove it by submitting evidence that the cause of the listing has been corrected. The Guidance section of the alert on FDA's website gives the procedure and the contact for 71-02; our guide explains the steps and the evidence FDA usually asks for.
What charge does FDA use under Import Alert 71-02?: The charge section of Import Alert 71-02 names MFR INSAN (insanitary manufacturing, processing or packing). Each code is a refusal charge in FDA's reference table; the linked pages give FDA's official statement and refusal counts.
Which firms were added to Import Alert 71-02 recently?: No firm was added to Import Alert 71-02 in the last 90 days, as of October 25, 2026.
Which firms were removed from Import Alert 71-02 recently?: SupplierRadar has recorded no removals from Import Alert 71-02 in the last 90 days, as of October 25, 2026. A removal is shown at the top of this page and on the firm's page the day it is found.

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