IA #17-03 - 8/12/88, "Amniotic Fluid"
TYPE OF ALERT : Entry Surveillance
PRODUCT : Bovine Amniotic Fluid (liquid amniotique)
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 : We have been informed by personnel of Plant Protection
and Quarantine (PPQ), Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), that shipments of bovine amniotic
fluid from countries affected by foot-and-mouth
disease are being offered for entry into the United
States. Bovine amniotic fluid and similar imported
animal products are intended for use as ingredients in
cosmetic products. Such shipments, unless accompanied
by a USDA issued permit and a sanitary certificate
issued by the veterinary service of the originating
country, are prohibited by the USDA.
In some cases, these shipments are manifested under
the French name, "liquid amniotique." The
accompanying certification must certify that the
product was processed according to the requirements of
the USDA permit.
INSTRUCTIONS : If your encounter any shipment of this material,
whether accompanied by the required documents
prescribed for entry or not, please contact the
USDA/APHIS/PPQ representative nearest to your district
office (Attachment A) and alert them to the shipment.
FOI : This import alert requires no purging.
Import Alert No. 17-03 August 12, 1988
ATTACHMENT A
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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