IA #52-14, REVISED 1/23/97, IMPORT ALERT #52-14, "***DETENTION WITHOUT
PHYSICAL EXAMINATION*** OF SILVER-PLATED COFFEE POTS"
NOTE: This revision updates the alert into the current format
and PAC code. Additional changes are bracketed by
asterisks (***).
TYPE OF ALERT: ***Detention without physical examination***
NOTE: This import alert contains guidance to FDA
field personnel only. It does not establish any
requirements, or create any rights or obligations
on FDA or on regulated entities.
PRODUCT: Silver-plated coffee pots
PRODUCT CODE: 52AA[]18
PROBLEM: Excessive lead (HMPB)
PAC FOR
COLLECTION: ***04019B***
***PAF FOR
COLLECTION: MET (Metals in products)***
COUNTRY: China, Peoples Republic of (CN, 280)
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER: Dongguan Jaunlet Brass Wares, Ltd.
Jiao Zhou Jiu Qu Industrial Area
Dongguan, China
MANUFACTURER/
I.D.#: CNDONJAUDON
FEI# 1000224693
CHARGE: "The article is subject to refusal of admission
pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to
be adulterated within the meaning of Section 409 in
that it contains lead, an unsafe food additive.
[Adulterated 402(a)(2)(C)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: BLT-DO (HFR-MA2565)
NYK-DO (HFR-NE152)
REASON FOR
ALERT: In February, 1995, NYK-DO was notified of a firm
initiated recall of Paul Revere brand silverware
coffee set. Private laboratory analysis indicated
the presence of leachable lead in excess of the
guidelines in CPG ***545.500.*** An average of 138
ppm lead was found in the teapot by the New York
regional laboratory. Violative lead levels were
found in the coffee pot unit of the set.
In April, 1995, BLT-DO analyzed a silver-plated
coffee pot and an average of 229 ppm lead was
detected by the Cincinnati forensic laboratory. It
was later determined that the product tested by
BLT-DO and the product under recall in NYK-DO were
manufactured by the same firm.
GUIDANCE: Districts may detain, without physical examination,
silver-plated teapots, either alone or part of a
set, from the firm identified above.
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.
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE: I
FOI: No purging required
KEYWORDS: Hollowware, lead, leachable lead, silver plated
hollowware
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS: January 23, 1997
PREPARED BY: Ted Poplawski, DIOP, 301-443-6553
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