IA #33-12 - 7/19/04, IMPORT ALERT #33-12, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION OF HARD AND SOFT CANDIES CONTAINING CHILI PEPPER"
NOTE: This import alert is being revised to add an attachment that
identifies additional firms/products and to change the title.
Additional changes are bracketed by asterisks.
TYPE OF ALERT: DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
(Note: This import alert represents the Agency's current
guidance to FDA field personnel regarding the manufacturer
and/or products 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: Hard and Soft Candies containing chili pepper.
PRODUCT CODES: 33L--99; 33E--99, 33S--99 and ***33S--06***
OASIS CHARGE
CODE: FILTHY
PAF: FIL
PAC: 03819A
COUNTRY: MEXICO (MX,595)
MANUFACTURER: See attachment
SHIPPER/
MANUFACTURER: See attachment
SHIPPER/
CHARGE: "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to
Section 801(a)(3) in that the article appears to consist in
whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed
substance or be otherwise unfit for food [FD&CA, Section
402(a)(3), Adulteration]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: DAL-DO, HFR-SW150.
REASON FOR
ALERT: From July 15, 1997, through November 6, 1997, Dallas
district detained 15 shipments of both hard and soft candy
made with chili pepper from the listed manufacturer. The
shipments were detained for rodent filth and insect filth.
GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination both hard
and soft candies containing chili pepper manufactured *** by
the firms listed on the attachment.***
Districts encountering similar products from other
manufacturers should consider sampling as resources permit.
Appropriate screening for this product has been set in
OASIS.
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.
PRIORITY: I
FOI: No purging required
PREPARED BY: ***Denise I. Jones***, DIOP, (301) 443-6553
KEYWORDS: Candy, chili, filth, Productos Chamoyada
Date Loaded
into FIARS: July 19, 2004
***ATTACHMENT A TO IMPORT ALERT #33-12*** 11/2/07
Firms recommended for detention without physical examination
MEXICO (MX, 595)
FIRM PRODUCT
Manufacturer/Shipper:
Productos Chamoyada S.A. De C.V. Hard and soft candies
Calle Jaime Nuno #1815 Co. Cav containing chili pepper
Reynosa, Mexico 33L -- 99, 33F --99, 33S --99
FEI #1000629798 03/18/98
MANUFACTURER:
Candy Pop SA de CV All Candy w/chili
Calle #26 Zona 1815 (Including brand name Rebanaditos & Bolitochas)
Guandalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 33S- -06, 33E- 01, 33C- 06, 33E- -99
FEI #3004256612 7/19/04
SHIPPER: Product change to All Candy w/chili
5/16/06
Dulce Acosta Valenzuela
Palavicini 120 Burocrates Hipodromo
Tijuana, Mexico
FEI #3003456049
Dulces La Fresa SA de CV Vero Elote Lollipop, strawberry
Km 13, Carretera A. Tlajomulco with Chili
San Miguel Cuyatlan 33E[][]99, 33S[][]06
Tlajomulco, Jalisco, Mexico 7/25/05
FEI# 3004252825 Dulces Vero Pica Strawberry
Soft Candy with Chili
33L[][]99
7/25/05
Dulces Vero, S.A. de C.V., Vero Mango Lollipop w/chilli
Calle 26 #2395, Zona Industrial C.P44940, 33S[][]99 & 33S[][]06
Guadalajara, Jalisco 11/2/07
Mexico Vero Rellerindos Tamarind
FEI #3005918605 Candy
33S[][]99 & 33S[][]06
11/2/07
Shipper 11/2/07
Jose Villarreal Lira,
Doctor Garza No 17,
Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
FEI # 3003595010
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