IA#17-02 --- 8/12/88
TYPE OF ALERT: Entry Surveillance
PRODUCT : Venison (17A--08)
PROBLEM : Foot-and-Mouth Disease
PAC : N/A
COUNTRY : All
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER : All
CHARGE : N/A
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : HFF-310/CFSAN
Division of Regulatory Guidance
REASON FOR
ALERT : The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine,
USDA/APHIS/PPQ, has informed us that shipments of fresh,
frozen and chilled venison with foot-and-mouth disease are
being offered for entry from some foreign countries . USDA
has authority to prohibit such importations, however, because
of the large volume being offered for import, there is a
reasonable possibility that some shipments may be entered.
USDA has requested our assistance in this matter.
INSTRUCTIONS : If you encounter any shipments of fresh, frozen, or chilled
venison being offered for entry from countries not listed in
Attachment A, please inform the USDA/APHIS/PPQ. Attachment B
is the list of contacts for each district office.
FOI : This document does not require purging.
Import Alert #17-02 11/16/88
ATTACHMENT A
COUNTRIES FREE OF RINDERPEST AND FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE
AUSTRALIA
*BAHAMA ISLANDS
BARBADOS
BERMUDA
BELIZE
CANADA
*CHANNEL ISLANDS
COSTA RICA
*DENMARK
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
EL SALVADOR
FIJI
*FINLAND
GREENLAND
*GREAT BRITIAN
GUATEMALA
HAITI
HONDURAS
ICELAND
IRELAND
*JAPAN
JAMAICA
MEXICO
NEW ZEALAND
NICARAGUA
NORTHERN IRELAND
*NORWAY
PANAMA
PAPUA NEW GUINEA
*SWEDEN
TERRITORY OF ST. PIERRE
AND MIQUELON
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
TRUST TERRITORIES
OF PACIFIC ISLANDS
* SPECIAL CATEGORY DUE TO MEAT IMPORT PRACTICES - REF. 94.11(a)
Import Alert No. 17-02 11/16/88
ATTACHMENT B
USDA/APHIS/PPQ
FDA Office Representative FTS Telephone No.
Atlanta Mr. Robert Johnson 246-7716
Baltimore Mr. David Reeves 922-3585
Boston Mr. Edward Stockbridge 223-7751
Buffalo Mr. Stanley Sayer 437-4021
Chicago Mr. Anthony Drobnik 353-6244
Cincinnati Mr. H. Bruce Smith 942-4869
Dallas Mr. David McKay 741-2116
Denver Mr. Larry Mohr 327-5375
Detroit Mr. Norm Mullaly 226-6967
Houston Mr. Carl Hatchett 526-7541
Kansas City Mr. Bill Brennecke 754-5998
Los Angeles Mr. David Thompson 795-6174
Minneapolis Mr. G. Keeler 725-3670
Nashville Mr. D. L. Wilson 852-7259
Newark Ms. Sonya Dabulis 341-3326
New Orleans Mr. Bill Spitzer 682-6731
New York Mr. Arnold Finamore 667-1657
Orlando Mr. B. J. Lewis 946-2687
Philadelphia Mr. David McCullough 597-4515
San Francisco Mr. Glenn Hinsdale 556-4332
San Juan Mr. Gonzalo Aran 753-4666
Seattle Mr. John Burnett 399-4510
St. Louis Mr. Bill Brennecke 279-7187
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