Skip page top navigation FDA Logo--links to FDA home page Logo of and Link to start page of Office of Regulatory Affairs, U.S. Food and Drug Administration U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Regulatory Affairs HHS Logo and link to Department of Health and Human Services website

FDA Home Page | Federal-State | Import Program | Compliance | Inspection | Science | ORA Search

IA#38-01,    ------02/03/93


TYPE OF ALERT: Automatic Detention

PRODUCT      : Dried Soup Mixes

PRODUCT CODE : 38C----

HARMONIZED
CODE         : 2104

PROBLEM      : Filth (insect-FLNF)

PAC          : 03819A

COUNTRY      : Hong Kong (HK, 435)




MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER      : ALL

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER I.D.#: N/A


IMPORTER'S
I.D. #       : 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, putrid, or
               decomposed substance, or is otherwise unfit for
               food in that it contains insect filth
               [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."

RECOMMENDING
OFFICE       : Division of Import OperationS and Policy, HFC-170

REASON FOR
ALERT        : This alert originally issued on August 8, 1993.
               Review of FY92 detention data indicates that filth
               in soup mixes from Hong Kong continues to be a
               problem.  Of 12 detentions in FY92, 8, or 66%, of
               the entries were refused due to filth.  These
               shipments represented 7 different
               manufacturers/shippers.

INSTRUCTIONS : Automatically detain all shipments of dried soup
               mixes from Hong Kong for insect filth.

PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE     : III

FOI          : No purging is required

KEYWORDS     : Dried Soup, Mix, Filth, Insect

PREPARED BY  : Linda A. Wisniowski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553.