IA #28-03,7/14/05, "IMPORT ALERT #28-03, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION OF SESAME SEEDS FROM MEXICO AND SURVEILLANCE OF SESAME SEEDS FROM
OTHER COUNTRIES"
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 create or confer any rights for or on any person, and does not
operate to bind FDA or the public.
NOTE: This revision updates the product codes, CFSAN point of contact, and
manufacturer FEI #'s. Changes marked by ***
TYPE OF
ALERT: Detention without Physical Examination (DWPE)
PRODUCT: Sesame Seeds
PRODUCT
CODE: *** 28A[][]43, 23K[][]02 ***
PROBLEM: Filth (FLNF, insect filth, FLNC, filth-N.E.C.)
PAF: FIL (Filth)
PAC: 03819A
COUNTRY: Mexico (MX), India (IN)
MANUFACTURER
FEI#: Referenced under REASON FOR ALERT
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 substance in that it appears to contain insect or mammalian
(human) filth [Adulteration, Section 402 (a)(3)]."
OASIS CHARGE
CODE: FILTHY
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: DAL-DO
REASON FOR ALERT: FDA has detained sesame seeds from Guatemala, India, Mexico
and the Peoples Republic of China (PRC), because of insect
adulteration.
From February 28 to April 5, 1989, Dallas District sampled and detained nine
shipments of hulled sesame seeds adulterated with mammalian excreta. Amounts of
excreta found in samples ranged from 5.6- 24.2 mg/ob with an average of 14.3
mg/lb.
Manufacturer/shipper for these nine shipments was:
Lambard W. Atwood Jones
Praga 2150
Bellavista
Cd. Obregon, Mexico
*** FEI # 1000200652 ***
From February 7 through March 22, 1990, Dallas District sampled and detained four
shipments of sesame seeds adulterated with insect filth and mammalian excreta.
Manufacturer/shipper for these four shipments was:
Avtar Singh & Co. Pvt. Ltd.
391 Narsi Natha St.
Mumbai, India
*** FEI # 1000173550 ***
From December 3-17, 1990, Dallas District sampled and detained four shipments of
sesame seeds adulterated with mammalian and other excreta.
Manufacturer/shipper for these four shipments was:
Asoc. Municipal de Apatzingan
Apatzingan, Michoacan, Mexico
GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination all shipments of
sesame seeds (hulled) from Lambard W. Atwood Jones and all shipments of sesame
seeds from the other two above referenced manufacturers/shippers.
In addition, surveillance sampling of sesame seeds for filth is indicated,
especially from those countries that have already exhibited detentions.
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. *** The CFSAN point of contact is Mr. Sal Evola at
(301) 436-2164. ***
FOI: No purging required
KEYWORDS: Sesame seeds, Mexico, India, filth, insect, mammalian, human
REVISED
BY: Stella Notzon, DIOP, (301) 443-6553
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS: July 14, 2005
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