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Reference Source Import Alerts MCP

A remote, keyless, read-only MCP server that allows AI assistants to query FDA import alert red lists, checking if specific firms are subject to detention without physical examination at the US border. It provides verified records with source URLs and verbatim quotes from FDA pages.

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Reference Source Import Alerts MCP logo, by Reference SourceCommunity listingStreamable HTTPNo sign-inEndpoint checked 2026-11-06Published by Reference Source
MCP endpoint (Streamable HTTP)
https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts
Vendor documentation

What its tools do

6 tools, grouped by the hints the server advertises. Hints are self-declared, not verified behavior.

Read-only (6)

6 of 6 have a description · 6 of 6 declare behavior hints · 5 of 5 with parameters document them all

Checks and signals

Each line is separate evidence, not a trust score.

  • Passed Endpoint answered the live check ·
  • Availability 1 of 1 checks passed in 30 days

What you can do with it

  • Check if a foreign supplier is on an FDA import alert red list
  • Determine why a shipment was detained without examination
  • Verify if a Chinese manufacturer is flagged for undeclared ingredients
  • Find firms subject to detention without physical examination

Source and maintenance

Community listingRegistry 1.0.0
mcp-registry: io.github.joelp22-maker/referencesource-import-alerts@1.0.0Source repositoryProject website
Maintenance checked

Protocol and capabilities

Server
fda-import-alert-red-list 1.0.0
MCP protocol negotiated in check
2025-11-25
Tools
6 advertised
Resources
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Resource templates
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Prompts
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Server-advertised capabilities
{
  "tools": {
    "listChanged": false
  }
}

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Check whether a foreign manufacturer, shipper or grower is on an FDA import alert red list, meaning every shipment from them is detained without physical examination (DWPE) at the US border and the importer must prove compliance to release it. 14,000+ firm listings across 30+ import alerts covering seafood, produce, unapproved prescription drugs and APIs, dietary supplements, cosmetics, animal drugs, pet treats, medical devices and contact lenses, from FDA's own red-list pages. Every value comes back with the FDA page it was read from and a verbatim quote, so it can be checked. Start with resolve_firm for a supplier name, list_import_alerts to see which alerts are covered. IMPORTANT: this register carries 30+ of the 150+ alerts on FDA's own index, not all of them, and is a snapshot as of last_verified — a firm not found here is a firm not found on THESE alerts on THAT date, which is not the same as a firm in good standing. Say so when you answer.

Tools

6 advertised

resolve_firm — Find a firm on an FDA import alert red list
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Is this supplier red-listed by FDA? Search the import alert red lists by firm name or part of one (e.g. "Tonga Tiur", "Qingdao", "pharmacy"), optionally narrowed to a country. Returns each listing with the import alert number and name, the country, the date FDA published the listing, and the FDA page and verbatim quote it was read from. A firm can appear more than once — one record per alert it is listed on.

resolve_firm input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "firm_name"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional country filter, e.g. \"CHINA\", \"Vietnam\". FDA prints countries in capitals; matching is case-insensitive."
    },
    "firm_name": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Firm name or part of one. Case-insensitive substring match."
    }
  }
}
resolve_firm output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "firm_name",
    "listings_matched",
    "listings",
    "coverage"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "coverage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "listings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "country": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "firm_name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "As the red list prints it."
          },
          "record_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "record_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "This record's own page on referencesource.org."
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The page the value was read from."
          },
          "source_quote": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Verbatim text from that page containing the value."
          },
          "also_reported": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "as_of": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "field": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "value": {},
                "source_url": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "source_quote": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Values for this record reported by a SECOND source, each with its own source_url and source_quote. Cite these to the page they name, never to the record's primary source."
          },
          "date_published": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "As FDA prints it, MM/DD/YYYY."
          },
          "import_alert_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "import_alert_number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "e.g. \"16-120\", \"66-57\"."
          },
          "product_description": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "register": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "firm_name": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "listings_matched": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "listings_returned": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  }
}
resolve_firm annotations
{
  "title": "Find a firm on an FDA import alert red list",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
get_listing — Get one red-list entry in full
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Everything FDA prints for one red-list entry: the firm name and address, the import alert and its title, the product code and description, FDA's stated reason (the Notes block — the actual finding, e.g. "Decomposition" or a confirmed laboratory result), and the date published, with the FDA page and a verbatim quote. Record IDs come from resolve_firm or list_alert_firms.

get_listing input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "record_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "record_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The listing's record id, e.g. \"argentina-54-16-molecular-dynamics-sas\"."
    }
  }
}
get_listing output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "listing"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "listing": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "notes": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "FDA's stated reason for the listing."
        },
        "country": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "firm_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "record_id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "record_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "This record's own page on referencesource.org."
        },
        "source_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The page the value was read from."
        },
        "consequence": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "firm_address": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "product_code": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "FDA's product code line as printed."
        },
        "source_quote": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Verbatim text from that page containing the value."
        },
        "also_reported": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "as_of": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "field": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {},
              "source_url": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "source_quote": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "Values for this record reported by a SECOND source, each with its own source_url and source_quote. Cite these to the page they name, never to the record's primary source."
        },
        "date_published": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "import_alert_name": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "import_alert_number": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "product_description": {
          "type": "string"
        }
      }
    },
    "register": {
      "type": "object"
    }
  }
}
get_listing annotations
{
  "title": "Get one red-list entry in full",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_import_alerts — List the import alerts this register covers
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Which FDA import alerts are in here, and how many firms are on each? Returns the alert number, FDA's own title for it, the number of firms red-listed, how many countries they are in, and the newest listing date. Call this first to see what can be answered, and to get an alert number for list_alert_firms.

list_import_alerts input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {}
}
list_import_alerts output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "alerts_total",
    "alerts",
    "coverage"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "alerts": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "countries": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "firms_listed": {
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "import_alert_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "import_alert_number": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "newest_listing_date": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "As FDA prints it, MM/DD/YYYY."
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "coverage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "register": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "alerts_total": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  }
}
list_import_alerts annotations
{
  "title": "List the import alerts this register covers",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_alert_firms — List the firms red-listed on one import alert
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Who is on this import alert? Returns the firms red-listed on one alert number (from list_import_alerts), newest listing first, optionally narrowed to a country — for example every Vietnamese firm on 16-120, or every firm on 66-57. Each with the FDA page and a verbatim quote.

list_alert_firms input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "import_alert_number"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "How many to return, 1–20. Default 20."
    },
    "country": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional country filter."
    },
    "import_alert_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The alert number as FDA prints it, e.g. \"16-120\" or \"66-57\"."
    }
  }
}
list_alert_firms output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "import_alert_number",
    "firms_matched",
    "firms",
    "coverage"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "firms": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "country": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "firm_name": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "As the red list prints it."
          },
          "record_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "record_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "This record's own page on referencesource.org."
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The page the value was read from."
          },
          "source_quote": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Verbatim text from that page containing the value."
          },
          "also_reported": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "as_of": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "field": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "value": {},
                "source_url": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "source_quote": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Values for this record reported by a SECOND source, each with its own source_url and source_quote. Cite these to the page they name, never to the record's primary source."
          },
          "date_published": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "As FDA prints it, MM/DD/YYYY."
          },
          "import_alert_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "import_alert_number": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "e.g. \"16-120\", \"66-57\"."
          },
          "product_description": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "coverage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "register": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "firms_matched": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "firms_returned": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "import_alert_number": {
      "type": "string"
    }
  }
}
list_alert_firms annotations
{
  "title": "List the firms red-listed on one import alert",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
list_recent_listings — List firms added to a red list since a date
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Who has FDA red-listed recently? Returns the listings whose published date is on or after a date you give, newest first, optionally for one alert. Use this to watch a category — new detentions on the seafood alerts, say — rather than to look a firm up. The date FDA prints is when the FIRM was added to the alert.

list_recent_listings input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "since"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "limit": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "How many to return, 1–20. Default 20."
    },
    "since": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "ISO date, e.g. \"2025-01-01\". FDA prints MM/DD/YYYY; this filter compares an ISO form computed here from that string."
    },
    "import_alert_number": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Optional: only this alert."
    }
  }
}
list_recent_listings output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "since",
    "listings_matched",
    "listings",
    "coverage"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "since": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "coverage": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "listings": {
      "type": "array",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "country": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "firm_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "record_id": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "record_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "This record's own page on referencesource.org."
          },
          "source_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The page the value was read from."
          },
          "source_quote": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Verbatim text from that page containing the value."
          },
          "also_reported": {
            "type": "array",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "as_of": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "field": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "value": {},
                "source_url": {
                  "type": "string"
                },
                "source_quote": {
                  "type": "string"
                }
              }
            },
            "description": "Values for this record reported by a SECOND source, each with its own source_url and source_quote. Cite these to the page they name, never to the record's primary source."
          },
          "date_published": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "As FDA prints it."
          },
          "import_alert_name": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "date_published_iso": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "The same date in ISO form, computed here for ordering and filtering. NOT text from FDA's page — quote date_published when citing."
          },
          "import_alert_number": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "product_description": {
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "register": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "listings_matched": {
      "type": "integer"
    },
    "listings_returned": {
      "type": "integer"
    }
  }
}
list_recent_listings annotations
{
  "title": "List firms added to a red list since a date",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}
verify_quote — Check a claimed import-alert fact against the register
Advertised by the server during the last successful anonymous check.
Advertised read-only

Is this right? Check a claim about a red-list entry — the alert number a firm is on, its country, the date it was published, FDA's stated reason — against the register instead of trusting it. Says whether the claim matches a stored value, appears only in the verbatim FDA quote, or differs (and then what FDA's page says instead).

verify_quote input schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "claimed_value",
    "record_id"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "field": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Which field the claim is about, if you know it. Without it, every stored field of the record is checked."
    },
    "record_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The listing's record id, from resolve_firm or list_alert_firms."
    },
    "claimed_value": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The value to check, exactly as claimed, e.g. \"Terminated\" or \"2026-10-29\"."
    }
  }
}
verify_quote output schema
{
  "type": "object",
  "required": [
    "verdict",
    "claimed_value",
    "attestation"
  ],
  "properties": {
    "match": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "field": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "match_type": {
          "enum": [
            "exact",
            "case_insensitive",
            "normalised",
            "normalised_number",
            "within_stored_value"
          ],
          "type": "string"
        },
        "source_url": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "reported_by": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "source_quote": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "stored_value": {}
      }
    },
    "record": {
      "type": "object",
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string"
        },
        "record_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "This record's own page on referencesource.org."
        },
        "source_url": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The page the value was read from."
        },
        "source_quote": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "Verbatim text from that page containing the value."
        },
        "also_reported": {
          "type": "array",
          "items": {
            "type": "object",
            "properties": {
              "as_of": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "field": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "value": {},
              "source_url": {
                "type": "string"
              },
              "source_quote": {
                "type": "string"
              }
            }
          },
          "description": "Values for this record reported by a SECOND source, each with its own source_url and source_quote. Cite these to the page they name, never to the record's primary source."
        }
      }
    },
    "verdict": {
      "enum": [
        "matches_record",
        "matches_quote",
        "differs",
        "not_found"
      ],
      "type": "string",
      "description": "matches_record: the claim equals a stored value (match.match_type says how exactly). matches_quote: it appears in the verbatim source quote but is not a stored value. differs: the record was found and says something else — stored_values shows what. not_found: the record was not located, which says nothing about whether the claim is true."
    },
    "attestation": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "quote_source": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "claimed_value": {
      "type": "string"
    },
    "stored_values": {
      "type": "object"
    },
    "in_source_quote": {
      "type": "boolean"
    }
  }
}
verify_quote annotations
{
  "title": "Check a claimed import-alert fact against the register",
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false,
  "destructiveHint": false
}

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30-day availability

Aggregated from read-only remote checks; this is not a tool-execution or security guarantee.

Successful checks
1 of 1 (100%)
Average latency
470 ms
95th percentile latency
470 ms

Maintenance history

Public check and source-refresh events. Editorial and ownership records remain private.

  • · probe · passed · 470 ms · metadata changed · 6 tool(s)

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Claude Code

Run this once in a terminal. It registers the remote server. Use --scope project to write .mcp.json for the repo.
Claude Code configuration
claude mcp add --transport http reference-source-import-alerts-mcp https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts

Codex

Run this once. Codex stores MCP servers in ~/.codex/config.toml (or .codex/config.toml in a trusted project).
Codex configuration
codex mcp add reference-source-import-alerts-mcp --url https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts

Cursor

Merge this server into .cursor/mcp.json in your project, then enable reference-source-import-alerts-mcp in your MCP settings.
Cursor configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reference-source-import-alerts-mcp": {
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts"
    }
  }
}

Cline

Merge this into cline_mcp_settings.json (Cline → MCP Servers → Configure).
Cline configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reference-source-import-alerts-mcp": {
      "type": "streamableHttp",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts",
      "disabled": false
    }
  }
}

VS Code

Merge this server into .vscode/mcp.json. Use MCP: List Servers to start reference-source-import-alerts-mcp and inspect its tools.
VS Code configuration
{
  "servers": {
    "reference-source-import-alerts-mcp": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts"
    }
  }
}

Gemini CLI

Run this once. It writes .gemini/settings.json in the current project; pass --scope user for ~/.gemini/settings.json.
Gemini CLI configuration
gemini mcp add --transport http reference-source-import-alerts-mcp https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts

Claude Desktop

Open Claude Settings > Connectors > Add custom connector, enter this server URL and enable it for the conversation. This is a manual remote-connector handoff, not a desktop JSON configuration.
Claude Desktop configuration
https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts

Windsurf

Merge this into ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json, then refresh MCP in Cascade. Windsurf remote servers use serverUrl, not url.
Windsurf configuration
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "reference-source-import-alerts-mcp": {
      "serverUrl": "https://referencesource.org/mcp/import-alerts"
    }
  }
}

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