# Newco Associates Limited · 89-08 · BAHAMAS — FDA import alert red lists: firms subject to detention without physical examination

For Newco Associates Limited · 89-08 · BAHAMAS, import alert is 89-08; import alert name is "Detention Without Physical Examination of Devices without Approved PMA's or IDE's and Other Devices Not Substantially Equivalent or Without a 510(k)"; country is BAHAMAS; product code is 82 - - - -- Immunology; date published is 09/16/2009; address is P.O. Box CB12611 , Nassau, BAHAMAS, verified against its source on 2026-09-16.

- **Firm:** Newco Associates Limited _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Import alert:** 89-08
- **Import alert name:** "Detention Without Physical Examination of Devices without Approved PMA's or IDE's and Other Devices Not Substantially Equivalent or Without a 510(k)"
- **Country:** BAHAMAS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Address:** P.O. Box CB12611 , Nassau, BAHAMAS _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Date published:** 09/16/2009 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **Product code:** 82 - - - -- Immunology _(verified: appears in the quote below)_
- **FDA notes:** HIV Oral Test (aka 1; 2 and Subtype O Saliva Test). 10/26/1999. HIV Diagnostic Kits are Class III devices within the meaning of Section 513(f)(1) of the Act and are regulated by CBER under the current intercenter agreement between CDRH and CBER. The unapproved diagnostic test kits claim to detect HIV antibodies in blood or saliva and provide results in the home in 15 minutes or less. The test kits are imported into the US through the mail and may be entered as Asamples@ or for Apersonal usa@. The contents may be labeled Afor investigational use@ for Aresearch use@ or Afor export only @. The test kits could present a serious hazard to the public health; including possible HIV transmission to partners and delayed access to medical care due to mis-diagnosed false negative tests. If entries are encounted; contact CBER Import/Export team at 301-827-6201. _(verified: appears in the quote below)_

## What the source says

> Newco Associates Limited Date Published : 09/16/2009 P.O. Box CB12611 , Nassau, BAHAMAS 82 - - - -- Immunology Date Published: 09/16/2009 Notes: HIV Oral Test (aka 1; 2 and Subtype O Saliva Test). 10/26/1999. HIV Diagnostic Kits are Class III devices within the meaning of Section 513(f)(1) of the Act and are regulated by CBER under the current intercenter agreement between CDRH and CBER. The unapproved diagnostic test kits claim to detect HIV antibodies in blood or saliva and provide results in the home in 15 minutes or less. The test kits are imported into the US through the mail and may be entered as Asamples@ or for Apersonal usa@. The contents may be labeled Afor investigational use@ for Aresearch use@ or Afor export only @. The test kits could present a serious hazard to the public health; including possible HIV transmission to partners and delayed access to medical care due to mis-diagnosed false negative tests. If entries are encounted; contact CBER Import/Export team at 301-827-6201.

## Source

- https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/cms_ia/importalert_244.html

Last verified: 2026-09-16. Review by: 2026-11-15.
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