IA#16-07 - REVISED 5/21/96, ATTACHMENT REVISED 7/20/07,
SUBJECT : ***"Detention Without Physical Examination of Dried and
Pickled Fish from Thailand"***
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 : Dried and Pickled Fish from Thailand
PROBLEM : Rodent, Insect, Bird or Cat Filth
COUNTRY : Thailand
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER : All
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER I.D.#: N/A
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 rodent,
insect, bird and/or cat filth [Adulteration, Section
402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : HFS-605/CFSAN
Division of Field Programs and Planning Evaluation
REASON FOR
ALERT : During the six month period from October 27, 1982, through
April 27, 1983, 10 out of 16 samples of pickled fish from
Thailand were detained (a 62% detention rate) for insect and
rodent filth.
During the six month period from September 1, 1984, through
February 28, 1985, 13 out of 24 samples of dried fish from
Thailand were detained (a 54% detention rate) for insect,
rodent, bird and/or cat filth, in addition to mold,
decomposition and violative labeling.
A review of current import detention data indicates that
these products continue to be adulterated with filth.
GUIDANCE : ***Districts may detain, without physical examination,***
all shipments of dried and salted, or pickled fish from
Thailand except those listed on the attachment. This
***detention without physical examination*** does not cover
other dried marine products such as dried shrimp. It does,
however, cover preserved fish which include essentially the
same ingredients as pickled fish.
*** For questions or issues concerning science, scinece
policy, sample collection, analysis, preparation or
analytical methodology, contact the Division of Field
Science at (301) 443-3320 or 3007.***
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE : III
FOI : No purging required.
KEYWORDS : Dried Fish, Pickled Fish, Salted Fish, Preserved Fish,
Thailand
PREPARED BY : Fredda C. Shere-Valenti, DIOP, 301-443-6553.
Revised 7/20/07
ATTACHMENT TO IMPORT ALERT #16-07
Manufacturers/Shippers that are exempt from Automatic Detention:
Firm Product
Bangkok Dehydrated Marine Frozen Salted Mackerel/
Product Co., Ltd. 16A-P73/16A-H73
33/3 Mu 8 Lardloomkaew- 4/11/01
Pathumthani Road
Kubangluang, Pathumthani Frozen Salted Gourami
Thailand (Pla Salid)
FEI #1000380889 16A- -H52
9/3/03
Frozen Dried Anchovy
16A[]H01
16A[]T01
7/20/07
Kibun (Thailand) Co., Ltd Dried Mackerel
31/10 Moo 2. Rama 2 Road 16A[]H73
T. Bangkrachao, A Muang 7/24/02
Samtsakorn 74000 Thailand
FEI #1000359833, 3003106711 Vinegared Mackerel
16A[]P73
6/22/05
SHIPPER: T.K.C. Food Co., Ltd. Preserved Gouramy
Samutsakorn, Thailand Fish
Thai Pickled Fish Co., Ltd. Preserved Gouramy
d/b/a T.K.C. Food Co., Ltd. Fish
Factory: 39/13 Moo 6 Tachine 10/30/92
Amphor Mueng Sumutsakorn, Thailand
Office: 61/83 Senanikorn 1 Bangkapi
Bangkok, Thailand
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