IA #16-31, ------Revised 6/7/96, Attachment A - 5/9/01, Attachment B - 5/17/02
SUBJ: REVISION OF IMPORT ALERT #16-31, ***"DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION OF FROZEN, RAW, AND COOKED CONCHMEAT"***
NOTE: This alert has been revised to establish a separate attachment for
exempt firms and update the format. Additional changes are bracketed by
asterisks (***).
TYPE OF ALERT : Detention without physical examination
Surveillance
***(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 : Conchmeat (fresh, fresh frozen, cooked)
PRODUCT CODE : 16E[][]06
16E[]A06
16E[]F06
16E[]G06
16E[]Y06
PROBLEM : Decomposition (MSDC)
PAC FOR
COLLECTION : 03844
COUNTRIES : See Attachment
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER : See Attachment
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER ID : See Attachment
IMPORTER'S 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, putrid, or
decomposed substance or to be otherwise unfit for food
[Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : DIOP (HFC-171) and ORL-DO (HFR-SE2575)
REASON
FOR ALERT : This alert was initiated in 1985 for firms in the
Dominican Republic when it was determined that a
detention rate of 89.7% existed for conchmeat due to
decomposition.
In FY93, ORL-DO reported that 10 of 21 shipments
(47.6% detention rate) of conchmeat from firms in
Honduras were detained because of decomposition. Other
detentions were made due to presence of sulfites
and/or undeclared sulfites.
Because the handling of conchmeat, prior to the
cooking step, would be the same for both raw and
cooked conchmeat, this import alert applies to both
styles of product.
***GUIDANCE*** : ***Districts may detain, without physical examination,
shipments of conchmeat from the firms identified on
Attachment A to this alert.***
Because of the continued high detention rate due to
decomposition of this product, an increase in sampling
and analyses of this product is warranted.
***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 : II
FOI : No purging is required
KEYWORDS : Seafood, conch, conchmeat, decomposition
PREPARED BY : Ted Poplawski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS : June 7, 1996
Attachment ***A*** to Import Alert #16-31 - 5/9/01
Firms on detention without physical examination
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DO, 320)
All firms
Attachment B to Import Alert #16-31 - 5/17/02
Firms exempt from detention without physical examination
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DO, 320)
Distribuidora de Mariscos Los 7 Mares S.A. 05/17/02
Autopista 30 de Mayo Km 7 « urb
Procasa
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
FEI # 3001389906
Empresa Pesquera Jose A Gomez 6/7/96
Carretera Sanchez Km9
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
FEI# 1000363840
MID# DOEMPPES9SAN
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