IA #16-21 - Revised 3/5/99 - Import Alert #16-21, "Filth in Imported Fresh or
Frozen Raw Shrimp"
NOTE: This revision incorporates revised guidance for filth in fresh or frozen
raw shrimp. Changes are bracketed by asterisks (***).
TYPE OF ALERT: Guidance
(NOTE: This import alert represents the agency's current guidance
to FDA field personnel regarding the manufacturer or
products 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: Fresh or Frozen Raw Shrimp
PRODUCT CODE: ***16J[]B05/16J[]C05/16J[]D05 - Crustaceans, shrimp and
prawns;
16X[]B21/16X[]C21/16X[]D21 - Aquaculture harvested products,
shrimp and prawns.***
PROBLEM: Filth
PAC FOR
COLLECTION: 03844
***PAF: FIL - filth
OASIS
CHARGE CODE: FILTHY***
COUNTRY: All
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER: N/A
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER ID: N/A
CHARGE: "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to
Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to consist in whole or
in part of a filthy substance, in that it appears to contain
filth (from insects, rodents, or other sources)
[Adulteration, 402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: CFSAN, HFS-315
CFSAN, HFS-606
REASON FOR
ALERT: This alert reflects revised guidance for filth in fresh or
frozen raw shrimp established by the Center for Food Safety
and Applied Nutrition (CFSAN).
GUIDANCE: Samples of fresh or frozen raw shrimp may be detained when analysis of six 2-3 pound subs indi
cates filth at or above
the following levels:
A. FLIES AND OTHER INSECTS (WHOLE OR EQUIVALENT)
*** 1. Disease-carrying insects - 2 in a sample.
. Other insects - 3 of the same species in a sample.
B. INSECT FRAGMENTS
1. Fragments from disease-carrying insects - 5 fragments (excluding setae) present in at least 2
of 6 subs. These
fragments are clearly identified as parts of a disease-
carrying insect.
2. Large body parts of disease-carrying insects (i.e.,
head, thorax, abdomen) - 1 in at least 2 of 6 subs.
C. HAIRS
1. Rat or Mouse - Average of 1 per sub, any size.
. Striated but not rat or mouse - Average of 4 per sub, any
size.
The above guidance does not include all types of filth or the different
combinations of filth that may be found in shrimp. Samples containing
filth elements not discussed above should be submitted to CFSAN/Office
of Field Programs, Division of Enforcement & Programs, Import Branch
(HFS-606).
DISEASE-CARRYING INSECTS
A disease-carrying species of insect has all of the following
attributes:
1. Wild populations known to carry E. coli, Salmonella, and
Shigella.
. Synanthropy (a preference to live in human settlements).
3. Endophily (tendency to enter buildings).
. Communicative behavior (oscillating between filth and human
food).
. Attraction to both human food and excrement or other
pathogen reservoirs.
6. Recognition by medical entomological authorities as a
disease-carrying species.
Examples include:
Flies:
Little house fly (Fannia canicularis (L.))
Latrine fly (Fannia scalaris (F.))
House fly (Musca domestica (L.))
Stable fly (Stomoxys calcitrans (L.))
Cosmopolitan blue bottle fly (Calliphora vicina
(Robineau-Desvoidy))
Holarctic blue bottle fly (Calliphora vomitoria
(L.))
Oriental latrine fly (Chrysomya megacephala
(F.))
Blue bottle fly (Cynomyopsis cadaverina (R.-D.))
Secondary screwworm (Cochliomyia macellaria
(F.))
Green bottle fly (Phaenicia sericata (Meigen))
Black blow fly (Phormia regina (Meigen))
Redtailed flesh fly (Sarcophaga haemorrhoidalis
(Fallen))
Ants:
Pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis (L.))
Thief ant (Solenopsis molesta (Say))
This is not necessarily a complete list of disease-carrying insects that might
be found in shrimp.***
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE: ***I***
FOI: No purging is required
KEYWORDS: Shrimp, filth, rat, mouse, hair, insect, insect fragments
PREPARED BY:Ted Poplawski, DIOP, 301-443-6553
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS: March 5, 1999
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