IA #21-06 8/7/97 - "AUTOMATIC DETENTION AND INTENSIFED COVERAGE OF CANNED
PEACHES FROM GREECE FOR PIT FRAGMENTS AND MOLD"
ATTACHMENT A 5/10/01 ATTACHMENT B 5/10/01
NOTE: This revision was issued to create attachments and revise the current
format. Changes are bracketed by asterisks.
TYPE OF
ALERT: *** Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE) ***
Intensified coverage
(Note: This import alert represents the Agency's current guidance to
FDA field personnel regarding the manufacturer(s) and/or products(s)
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: Peaches, canned
PRODUCT
CODE: 21G[]E13
PROBLEM: Pit Fragments
Mold
PAF: FIL - Filth
FDQ - Standard of Quality
PAC FOR
COLLECTION: 03819A - Mold
21004 - Pit Fragments (Standards)
COUNTRY: Greece (GR)
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER
FEI#: See attachment
IMPORTER'S
ID#: N/A
CHARGE: Mold:
"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, in that it appears to
contain mold [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."
AND
Pit Fragments (Standards):
"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section
801(a)(3) in that it purports to be canned yellow peach slices, a
food for which a standard of quality has been prescribed by
regulation (21 CFR 145.170(b)), promulgated pursuant to Section 401,
and its quality appears to fall below such standard due to excessive
pits and pieces of pits (Section 145.170(b)(1)(viii)), and its label
fails to bear, in such manner and form as regulations specify, a
statement that it falls below such standard [Misbranded 403(h)(1)]."
***
OASIS CHARGE
CODE: FILTHY
STD QUALIT ***
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: FLA-DO, (HFR-SE240)
REASON FOR
ALERT: Between December 15, 1994 and January 30, 1995, 10 of 10 shipments
of canned peaches from Union of Agricultural Coop, Giannitsa,
Greece, were sampled by Orlando (currently Florida) district, found
violative, and detained and refused entry (9 because of mold and
pits/pit fragments, 1 because of insect filth).
Between September 9, 1994 and January 24, 1995, 4 of 5 shipments of
canned peaches from Prodromos Pavlides, S.A., Thessaloniki, Greece
were sampled by Orlando (currently Florida) district, found
violative for pits/pit fragments, and detained and refused entry. In
addition, New Orleans (currently Nashville) district sampled an
entry of canned peaches from Prodromos Pavlides, S.A., which was
found violative for pits, and was detained on December 16, 1994.
Also, Orlando (currently Florida) district found canned peaches from
two other firms in Greece, Almac, S.A. and Confruta S.A. Canning
Ind. violative for mold and pits/pit fragments.
GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination shipments of
canned peaches from the firms identified on Attachment A to this
alert for excessive pit fragments and mold.
*** Intensified coverage of the firms on Attachment B may be
warranted since product has been found violative for pits and/or
mold. ***
For questions or issues concerning science, science policy, sample
collection, analysis, preparation, or analytical methodology,
contact the Division of Field Science at ***(301) 827-7605. ***
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE: III
FOI: No purging required
KEYWORDS: Canned, pits, slices, peaches, mold, filth
PREPARED
BY: Ted Poplawski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS: May 10, 2001
ATTACHMENT A FOR IMPORT ALERT# 21-06 REVISED 5/10/01
Firms recommended for DWPE
FIRM DATE DET'N
Agricultural Products S.A. 4/25/01
58500 Skydra
N Pellis, Greece
FEI# 3003110779
Union of Agricultural Coop 8/7/97
7D and M Papadop
Giannitsa, Greece
FEI# 1000206820 ATTACHMENT B FOR IMPORT ALERT# 21-06 REVISED 5/10/01
Firms recommended for intensive coverage
FIRM
Almac, S.A.
3 Premetis 15125 Maroussi
Athens, Greece
FEI# 1000244095
Confruta S.A. Canning Ind.
47, I. Dragoumi Str.
Thessaloniki, Greece
FEI# 1000244180
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