B2 Intros connects food importers on FDA import alert with the accredited labs and regulatory consultants who get them off it — before the next container is detained at the port.

Public FDA import data, last pulled October 12, 2026 — this is the market I watch.

• →9 new Red List entries on FDA’s Salmonella alert for foods (99-19) since mid-September — six from India and Egypt, mostly moringa and sesame paste
• →10 firms added to the illegal and undeclared color alert (45-02) in the same window — four of them Swedish candy and snack makers
• →From Oct 23, 2026, heavy-metal testing to release a detained food shipment must come from a LAAF-accredited lab (Import Alert 99-42)
• →3 U.S. importers added to the FSVP alert (99-41) since mid-September — here the importer itself is listed, not the foreign supplier

Sourced from FDA import alerts and their Red Lists, as published at accessdata.fda.gov.

What I see in this market that outsiders miss.

• One released shipment is not the end of an import alert
• The cheapest lab is the most expensive one