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IA #16-124 - 11/16/01, IMPORT ALERT #16-124, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION OF AQUACULTURE SEAFOOD PRODUCTS DUE TO UNAPPROVED DRUGS";
Attachment Revised 12/18/08

TYPE OF
ALERT:    Detention Without Physical Examination (DWPE)

          (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:  Aquaculture seafood

PRODUCT
CODE:          See attachment

PROBLEM:  Unapproved drug residues

PAF:      ANT (Drug residues)

PAC:      04018

COUNTRY:  See attachment

MANUFACTURER
FEI#:          See attachment

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 be adulterated in that it
          bears or contains a new animal drug (or conversion product
          thereof) that is unsafe within the meaning of Section 512, which
          is in violation of Section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii)."

OASIS CHARGE
CODE:          VETDRUGRES

RECOMMENDING
OFFICE:   CFSAN, OFP, DE, Imports Branch (HFS-606)

REASON FOR
ALERT:    There has been an extensive commercialization and an increased
          consumption rate of aquaculture seafood products.  As this
          industry grows, the use of unapproved new animal drugs and the
          misuse of approved new animal drugs in seafood raised through
          aquaculture also grows.  The use of unapproved new animal drugs
          will have an impact on the safety of aquaculture products for
          consumers.

GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination the products
          from the firms identified on the attachment to this alert.

          For questions or issues concerning science, science policy,
          analysis, preparation, or analytical methodology, contact the
          Division of Field Science at (301) 827-7605.

PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE: I

FOI:      No purging required

KEYWORDS: seafood, aquaculture, animal drugs

PREPARED
BY:       Ted Poplawski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553

DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS:    November 16, 2001               ATTACHMENT FOR IMPORT ALERT #16-124          12/18/08


                    CHINA (CN)

PRODUCT/       MANUFACTURER/            DRUG           DWPE
PRODUCT CODE   PROCESSOR                RESIDUE        DATE



Frog Legs       Xiamen Tongan Yuanshui       Ciprofloxacin       5/23/08
16M[][]01       Sea Products Co., Ltd.            &
16X[][]42       No. 3 Xinxing Road           Enrofloxacin
                Xindian Town
                Xiangan, Xiamen
                China
                FEI# 3001313967

Frozen Shrimp  Ningbo Jiuzhou Food Co.,Ltd.  Chloramphenicol     10/18/02
16J--05        No. 266 Songxi Rd.
16X--21        Xizhou Town
               Xiangshan, China
               FEI# 3002175364

Frozen Shrimp  Shantou Dongtao Trade Co.,Ltd. Chloramphenicol    11/10/03
16J- -05       Rm. 1104 Building B
16X- -21       Guoxin Garded
               Changping Road
               Shantou, China
               FEI# 3004080878

Frozen Shrimp  Yelin Frozen Seafood Co. Chloramphenicol     6/23/03
16J  -05       Southwest of Sport Park
16X- -21       Shanfen Road
               Shantou, China
               FEI# 3002953960

Frozen Shrimp  Zhoushan Guotai Fisheries     Chloramphenicol     10/7/02
16J 05           Co., Ltd.
16X 21         No. 148, Jiefang East Road
               Zhoushan Puxi Development Zone
               Zhejiang, China
               FEI# 3002861292

Tilapia        Haikou Quanyong Aquatic Frozen & Process     Malachite Green
16A--58        Greenfood Town, Meilan District Newtown 4/19/07
16X--06        Haikou City, Hainan
               China
               FEI# 3004280036

Tilapia        Jiachang Aquatic Product Malachite Green     8/18/06
Fillets        Co., Ltd. Longhai
16A--58        Doumei, Gangwei Town
16X--06        Longhai, Zhangzhou City
               Fujian Province
               China
               FEI# 3004248224


Tilapia        Zhanjiang Universal      Crystal violet 6/27/08
16A[][]58      Seafood Corp.
16X[][]06         27-28 Yongping Road
SN 452208      Zhanjiang, China
               FEI# 3004285322
                    3004083827


                          MALAYSIA (MY)

PRODUCT/       MANUFACTURER/            DRUG           DWPE
PRODUCT CODE   PROCESSOR                RESIDUE        DATE


Shrimp         Seiko Marine Products Sdn Bhd Chloramphenicol     3/17/08
16J[][]05      No. 30, Jalan Meru Indah 20
16X[][]21      Klang, Selangor
               Malaysia
               FEI #3004747480

Frozen Raw          Soonfroze Corporation         Chloramphenicol     12/28/05
Shrimp         Sdn Bhd
16J[][]05      No. 542 Jalan Siakap
               Perak Darul Ridzuan
               Malaysia
               FEI# 3004604944

Frozen Shrimp  Straits Sea Foods             Chloramphenicol     6/23/03
16J- -05       Trading Co., Sdn. Bhd.
16X- -21       P.O. Box 166
               57 Industrial Estate
               Sarikei, Sarawak
               Malaysia
               FEI# 1000283810

                           MEXICO (MX)

PRODUCT/       MANUFACTURER/            DRUG           DWPE
PRODUCT CODE   PROCESSOR                RESIDUE        DATE

Shrimp, raw         Pesquera JR SA de CV          Gentian Violet 3/30/2007
16J[][]05/          Emilio Barragan 1046
16X[][]21      Mazatlan, Mexico
332653 - SWID  FEI# 3003107424

                           TAIWAN (TW)

FIRM NAME AND ADDRESS         PRODUCT/CODE   DRUG RESIDUE   DWPE
                                                       DATE

Lucky Holder Frozen Food Frozen Grilled      Malachite 6/9/06
 Co., Ltd.                    Eel                 Green
No.6 Chien Pang Road          16A--15
Nei-Pu Industrial Zone        16X--99
Ping Tung Hsien
Taiwan
FEI# 3003463846

Song Cheng Enterprise Co.Ltd.      Roasted Eel         Malachite Green 9/14/06
469 Chung Cheng Road               16A--15
Feng Tien Vil                 16X--99
Nei Pu Hsiang
Pingtung
Taiwan
FEI# 12934

Gallant Seafoods Corp.        White Spotted  Malachite Green     3/2/07
23 Fishing Harbor S. 1st Rd.  Clarias
Kaohsiung                16A- -82
Taiwan                   16X- -43
FEI# 3004259171

Yuw Chauan Industry Co., Ltd.      Charcoal Broiled    Malachite 5/4/06
No.50, Lung-Chao Road              Eel            Green
Wu Fang Village                    16A-N15
Hsin Yuan                     16A-T15
Hsiang Ping Tung                   16X-N99
Taiwan                        16X-T99
FEI #3002730841

                          THAILAND (TH)

PRODUCT/       MANUFACTURER             DRUG RESIDUE   DWPE
PRODUCT CODE                                           DATE

Walking Clarias     I.T. Foods Industries         Ciprofloxacin  10/24/05
Fish Fillet, raw    Co., Ltd.                     &
16A- -82       Samutsakorn Industrial Estate Enrofloxacin
16X- -43       39/108 Moo 2, Bangkrajao, Muang
               Samutsakorn 74000
               Thailand
               FEI# 3004277883


                           VIETNAM (VN)

PRODUCT/       MANUFACTURER/            DRUG           DWPE
PRODUCT CODE   PROCESSOR                RESIDUE        DATE

Basa Fillets   Agifish Company Ltd      Ciprofloxacin  8/2/06
aka
Striped        An Giang Fisheries Import     Enrofloxacin
Pangasius      & Export Joint Stock Co.
Fillets        1234 Tran Hung Dao St.
16A -82        Long Xuyen City
16X- 43        An Giang Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3002371427

Frozen Shrimp  Phu Cuong Seafood Processing  Chloramphenicol     08/8/05
16J[][]05      Import Export Co. Ltd
16X[][]21      454 Ly Thuong Kiet St.,Ward 6
               Camau City, Vietnam
               FEI# 3003336470

Frozen Shrimp  Phu Tan Seafood Export        Chloramphenicol     9/28/04
16J - - 05          Processing Factory
16X - - 21          (PHUTANEXCO)
               Cai Doi Vam Town, Cai
               Nuoc Dist., Camau Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3004249131

Frozen Shrimp  The Son Company Ltd.          Chloramphenicol     8/29/02
16J--05        1/3 Truong Son F4
16X--21        Tan Binh District
               Hochiminh City
               Vietnam
               FEI #3003706339


Frozen Shrimp  Tra Kha Seafood Processing    Enrofloxacin   6/19/08
16J[][]05      Factory
16X[][]21      (Factory 69/Workshop III)
               National Highway 1
               Tra Kha Ward
               Bac Lieu Town
               Bac Lieu Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3003922366


Basa Catfish   Afiex Seafood Industry        Ciprofloxacin  6/16/05
Fillets        91 Nation Road           Enrofloxacin
16X- -43       Chau Phu District
               An Giang Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3004307841

Basa Fish,          Anvifish Co., Ltd.       Malachite      11/1/05
Frozen         National Road 91              Green
16A--82        Than An Hamlet
16X--43        My Thoi Ward
               Long Xuyen City
               An Giang Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3005122170

Basa Fillet         Agifish Company               Ciprofloxacin  8/22/05
16A[][]82      1234 Tran Hung Dao St.        Enrofloxacin
16X[][]43      Longxuyen Town
               Angiang Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3002371427

Basa Catfish   Vinh Long Aqua Processing     Ciprofloxacin  6/16/05
Fillets        Factory                  Enrofloxacin
16X- -43       No. 197, 14/9 Street
               Vinh Long
               Vinh Long Province
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3004311092


Tinfoil Barb   Nha Trang Sea Morning Co.,    Malachite Green     10/17/08
Fish           Ltd.
16A[][]99      4/8 Ngo Quyen Street
16X[][]99      Nhatrang City
               Vietnam
               FEI# 3004741947



Swai,(Striped  Vinh Hoan Co., Ltd.      Gentian Violet 12/18/08
Pangasaius          National Road 30, Ward 11
16A[][]82      Cao Lahn Town
16X[][]43      Vietnam
               FEI #2000046512