IA #16-04, 7/8/04 Revision, Attachment A - Revision 8/16/06, Attachment B
Revision 10/17/07
Note: This revision removes references to catfish from attachment A of
this import alert. For catfish related issues see import alert
#16-128. Changes are bracketed by asterisks (***)
TYPE OF
ALERT: Intensified coverage
(Note: This import alert represents the Agency's current guidance to FDA
field personnel regarding the manufacturer(s) and/or products(s) at issue.
It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person, and does not
operate to bind FDA or the public).
PRODUCT: Seafood
PRODUCT
CODE: 16[][][][][]
PROBLEM: Species substitution
Misbranding
*** PAF: EDE Economic deception ***
PAC: 21844
COUNTRY: All
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER
FEI#: All
IMPORTER'S
FEI#: N/A
CHARGE: "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to section
801(a)(3) in that it appears to be misbranded because is not the
common or usual name of the fish [Misbranding, Section 403(b)]."
*** OASIS CHARGE
CODE: WRONG IDEN ***
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: CFSAN, Office of Seafood (HFS-400)
REASON FOR
ALERT: Occasionally, shipments of various species of fish, or other
seafood, are offered for entry under the name of a fictitious,
incorrect, or substituted species. Orange roughy, red snapper, and
king crabmeat are examples of products for which another species has
been substituted.
Attachment A provides an alphabetical listing of seafood names
associated with previous entries. The list includes both the correct
market and appropriate scientific name, as well as the fictitious or
substituted name. Attachment B identifies firms that have been
documented to misdeclare seafood products.
GUIDANCE: Fictitious names:
Detain as misbranded any seafood labeled with a fictitious name.
(Example: Salmon Trout).
Incorrect common or usual name:
Detain as misbranded any seafood labeled with a name which is
inappropriate for the species identified on the label. (Example:
Red Snapper associated with species from other than Lutianus
campechanus).
Species Substitution:
If species substitution is suspected, a physical sample must be
collected. Contact the Division of Field Science, HFC-140 (301)
827-7605 for sampling and servicing laboratory information.
Districts should sample entries of seafood labeled as a species
not common to the geographic region or exporting country. Refer
to Attachment A for guidance on the region or country from which
specific species are normally available or to Attachment B for
firms that have been known to misidentify their products.
If a suspected fictitious name or species substitution is
encountered that is not covered by this alert, refer to The
Seafood List ("FDA's Guide to Acceptable Market Name for Seafood
Sold in Interstate Commerce" *** at the following internet
address: http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/rfe0.html ***) for name
verification. If the name is not on the list or if you have
additional questions, contact Spring Randolph at (301) 436-2300.
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE: III
FOI: No purging required
KEYWORDS: Misbranding, substitution, species, seafood
PREPARED
BY: Ted Poplawski, DIOP (HFC-170) (301) 443-6553
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS: JULY 8, 2004
Import Alert # 16-04 - ATTACHMENT A
Revised 8/16/05
SCIENTIFIC NAME/ SOURCE OF PRODUCT
Or (COUNTRY or
MARKET NAME FICTITIOUS NAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION)
Abalone Haliotis spp. Pacific, North and
Central America
(not South America)
Abalone-like Concholepas concholepus S. Amer., Pacific
shellfish
Argentine Roughy Fictitious
Baby Abalone (see IA #16-34)
***Basa, Basa*** Pangasius bocourti Vietnam
***Bocourti, Pangasius bocourti Vietnam
Bocourti fish***
Giant pangasius Pangasius sanitwongsei Vietnam
Cape capensis Merluccius capensis S. Africa
Capelin Mallotus villosus Arctic & Sub-Arctic
of Atlantic &
Pacific
***Catfish*** ***Ictaluridae Species****
***See Import Alert 16-128***
Caviar Sturgeon egg
Centolla Lithodes antarcticus S. Pacific
Cherry Snapper Fictitious
Chilean Seabass Dissotichus eleginoides Sub-Antarctic
Islands to Chile and
Argentina
Golden Snapper Lutjanus inermis S.E. Asia
Greenland Fictitious
Halibut (see 21 CFR 102.57)
King Crab (see 21 CFR 102.50) North Pacific only
SCIENTIFIC NAME/ SOURCE OF PRODUCT
Or (COUNTRY or
MARKET NAME FICTITIOUS NAME GEOGRAPHIC REGION)
Limpet Fissurella spp. Atlantic & Pacific
Mackerel Pike Fictitious
Nile Perch/ Lates Niloticus Africa
Lake Victoria
Perch
Orange Roughy Hoplostethus atlanticus New Zealand,
Australia
Oreo Dory Pseudocyttus spp. or New Zealand
Allocyttus spp.
Red Snapper Lutjanus campechanus U.S. Car., & S.
Amer. to Brazil
Salmon Trout Fictitious
Scampi Fictitious
Scrod Fictitious
***Shortbarbel Pangasius micronemus Vietnam
pangasius***
Spot pangasius Pangasius larnaudi Vietnam
St. Peter's Fish Fictitious
*** Swai, Sutchi, Pangasius hypophthalmus *** Vietnam***
or Tara***
Vietnamese catfish Fictitious Vietnam
*** (See Import Alert 16-128)***
White roughy or Fictitious Vietnam
ruffy
White Fish Fictitious
White fish Coregonus Clupeaformis North Atlantic
or Coregonus Pidschian
or Prosopium Cylindraceum
Zander Stizostedion lucioperca Continental Europe
to W. Siberia;
British Isles, North
Dakota
Import Alert #16-04 - ATTACHMENT B Revised 10/17/07
FIRMS DOCUMENTED TO MISBRAND SEAFOOD PRODUCTS
CHINA (CN)
Manufacturer/shipper
Xia Wei Aquatic Product., Inc., Puffer fish (BOK) misdeclared
Room 401 A Bldg, Jinlong Building, as "Monk Fish"
Ningde City, China 16A[][]14
FEI # 3004697118 10/17/2007
JAPAN (JP)
(MANUFACTURER)
Nakayama Shoten Puffer Fish (Fugu)
Nagahama Chuoku, Fukuoka-Shi misdeclared as
Fukuoka 810-0073 Grouper
Japan 16A[][]17
FEI# 3004396953 16A[][]65
3/22/06
(SHIPPER)
Koyo Trading Co., Ltd.
Tomy Bldg. 7F
Tsukiji 2-1-14
Chuoku Tokyo 104-0045
Japan
FEI# 3003459076
PERU (PE)
Maquimar S.A. Anchovies (in tomato
Pasaje Don Oscar No. 150 sauce) misdeclared as
Acapulco "Pamplona Sardines in
Callao Tomato Sauce"
Peru 4/6/04
FEI #3004189177
Menhaden in Tomato Sauce mis-declared as Sardines in Tomato
Sauce
16A[][]33
16A[][]99
7/13/04
MALAYSIA(MY)
Supersea Fish Centre Sdn. Bhd. Pangasius species
10-12 Persiaran Industri Lahat Satu misdeclared as
Kawasan Perindustrian Rima "Grouper Fillet"
31500 Lahat Perak 16A--17
Malaysia 8/30/05
FEI# 3004248136
URUGUAY (UY, 930)
Trymmur Ltda. Mako shark misdeclared
Plaza Cagancha 1335 Edificio Torre Libertad
Esc. 311-312 as "White Fish"
Montevideo, Uruguay 3/24/95
MID# UYTRYLTD1335MON
VIETNAM (VN)
Anhaco Panagasius species misdeclared
KM 09 Province Road as "Carp Fillet"
No. 883 Chauthanh District 16A[][]09
Ben Tre, Vietnam 8/3/05
FEI# 3004798419
The Angiang Agricultural Technology All finfish products
Service Company (Antesco)
69-71-73 Nguyen Hue 16A----
Long Xuyen City 16B----
An Giang, Vietnam 16C----
FEI# 1000552885 16I----
16S----
16W----
16X----
16Y----
2/7/06
Bachthao Company, Ltd. Pangasius spp.
(also spelled Bach Thao Company, Ltd.) misdeclared as
09 Nguyen An Ninh Street, Binh Khanh Ward Tilapia fillets
Long Xuyen City, An Giang Province 16A[][]58
Vietnam 16X[][]06
FEI: 3005139068 10/3/06
Mekong Fisheries Joint Stock Co. Pangasius species misdeclared
Tra Noc Industrial Zone as "IQF Sole Fillets"
Can Tho City 16A[][]77
Viet Nam 7/11/05
FEI# 3004250318
Pangasius Hypophthalmus misdeclared
as "Freedom Cobbler"
16A[][]99
16X[][]43
5/4/06
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