IA #28-04 - REVISION 12/1/97, IMPORT ALERT #28-04, "DETENTION
WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF BLACK ***AND WHITE***
PEPPER FROM BRAZIL"
NOTE: This revision corrects the product code, problem, and
charge. 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(s) and/or
product(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 : ***Black & white pepper, whole and cracked***
PRODUCT CODE : ***28A[][]54/55 - whole pepper, black and white
28B[][]54/55 - ground, cracked pepper, black and
white***
PROBLEM : ***SALMONELLA***
PAF : MIC (Microbiological hazard)
PAC FOR
COLLECTION : 03819C
COUNTRY : Brazil (BR, 220)
MANUFACTURER
SHIPPER/ : All
CHARGE : "The article is subject to refusal of admission
pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears
to contain Salmonella, a poisonous and deleterious
substance which may render it injurious to health
[Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : DIOP (HFC-170)
REASON FOR
ALERT : In 1980, the Center for Disease Control reported
several incidents of Salmonella Kingabwa (Group
U). The cause of the outbreaks was believed to be
the consumption of spices or condiments from the
Far East.
Increased surveillance of all spices and
condiments resulted in 13 detentions of black
pepper from Brazil during FY 1983. Subsequently,
during late FY 1985 and early FY 1986, of 26
shipments of black pepper from Brazil examined for
Salmonella, 11 were found violative.
Black pepper from Brazil was placed on automatic
detention January 30, 1986. Review of detention
data reveals that Salmonella contamination of
Brazilian pepper continues to be a problem.
GUIDANCE : Districts may detain, without physical sampling
and analysis, all black and white pepper
shipments from Brazil.
ANALYTICAL
GUIDANCE : 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 : Pepper, salmonella, spices, black pepper, white
pepper
PREPARED BY : Ted Poplawski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553.
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS : December 1 , 1997
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