FDA Issues Warning Letters to Food Importers for Failure to Implement FSVP

Over the month of March, FDA released Warning Letters issued to four importers for failure to develop and implement an FSVP for ensuring the safety of foods these companies import.

FSVP is a FDA regulatory requirement for companies to determine the hazards for foods they import and that the company has enacted the appropriate controls (compliance with FSMA).

Las Americas Supermercado#2 Inc.  Tulsa, OK  did not develop an FSVP for any of the foods you import, including each of the following foods: 

• Cabbage, imported from, (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
• Green Prickly Pear, imported from, (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
• Fresh Cilantro, imported from, (b)(4), located in (b)(4)

https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/las-americas-supermercado2-inc-716877-09242025

R.R. Importaciones Inc.  Passaic, NJ  did not develop an FSVP for any of the foods you import, including each of the following:

• (b)(4) from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
• (b)(4) from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
• Chocolate from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)

https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/rr-importaciones-inc-719593-12302025

East CK Trading Inc. Long Island City, NY  did not develop an FSVP for any of the foods you import including each of the following foods:
Ginseng from the foreign supplier Amazing International Trade (Dalian) Co. Ltd. located in China.
Wolfberry from the foreign supplier Gui Nan Hong Co. Ltd. located in Hong Kong SAR.
Mushroom Seasoning from the foreign supplier Anhui Qiangwang Flavouring Food Co. Ltd. located in China.
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/east-ck-trading-inc-721324-01162026


Fidelity Melon, Inc  Newport Beach, CA did not develop an FSVP for any of the foods you import, including each of the following foods:
Cantaloupe, imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
Seedless Watermelon, imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)

Seedless Watermelon, imported from (b)(4), located in (b)(4)
https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/fidelity-melon-inc-722574-01292026