IA #15-01, 4/16/96 - IMPORT ALERT #15-01, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
OF PRESERVED DUCK EGGS DUE TO LEAD", ATTACHMENT - REVISED 4/29/97
TYPE OF ALERT: Detention Without Physical Examination
Note: This alert is being revised to provide changes to format
and/or terminology and are bracketed by asterisks (***).
(Note: This import alert contains guidance to FDA field
personnel only. It does not establish any requirements, or
create any rights or obligations on FDA or on regulated
entities.)
PRODUCT : Preserved Duck Eggs
PRODUCT CODE : 15A[][]03
PROBLEM : Excessive levels of lead (HMPB)
PAC FOR
COLLECTION : 04016B
COUNTRY : See Attachment
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER : See Attachment
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER I.D.#: See Attachment
IMPORTER'S
I.D. # : N/A
CHARGE : "The article is subject to refusal of admission
pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears
to contain a poisonous or deleterious substance,
lead, which may render it injurious to health
[Adulteration, Section 402(a)(1)]."
and
"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to
Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to contain excessive
lead residues, an unsafe food additive within the meaning of
Section 409 [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(2)(C)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : SAN-DO, HFR-PA152
REASON FOR
ALERT : SAN-DO analysis of a sample of preserved duck eggs from
Taiwan (sample #1905971, Grand Western Foods) found lead
levels ranging from 510 ppb to 640 ppb. SAN-DO analysis of a
sample of preserved duck eggs from Hong Kong (sample
#3037128, S.B. Trading Co. Ltd.), found lead levels
ranging from 1400 ppb to 1900 ppb.
GUIDANCE : Districts may detain, ***without physical examination,***
preserved duck eggs from the firms listed in the
Attachment to this alert.
***For questions or issues concerning science, science policy,
sample collection, analysis, preparation, or analytical
methodology, contact the Division of Field Science at (301)
443-3320 or 3007.***
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE : I
FOI : No purging is required.
KEYWORDS : Duck Eggs, preserved, lead, Hong Kong, Taiwan
PREPARED BY : Doug Randes, DIOP, 301-443-6553.
ATTACHMENT TO IMPORT ALERT #15-01 - 4/29/97
LIST OF FIRMS SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC DETENTION
HONG KONG (HK, 435)
S.B. Trading Company Ltd
9 Cheung Lee Street
Chai Wan, Hong Kong
FEI# 1000176092
ID# HKSBTRA21CHO
TAIWAN (TW, 281)
Grand Western Foods Corporation
20F-3 N. 303, Chung Ming South Road
Taichung, Taiwan
FEI# 1000173845
ID# TWGRAWES303TAI
Tainan County Duck Breeding Preserved Duck Lead
Cooperative Eggs 4/29/97
10 Tar-Ming, Li 15A[][]03
Hsueh-Chia Town
Tainan County, Taiwan
FEI #1000281801
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