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IA #16-118 - REVISED 11/4/96, IMPORT ALERT # 16-118, "DETENTION WITHOUT
             PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF SALTED JELLYFISH AND DRIED SQUID FROM
             HANG LOONG MARINE PRODUCTS CO, HONG KONG"


NOTE: This Import Alert is reissued for the purpose of changing to
      the current PAC code bracketed with 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.)

PRODUCTS     : Salted Jellyfish and Dried Squid

PRODUCT CODES: 16M[]H08 Jellyfish
               16M[]H03 Squid

PROBLEM      : INSECTS; RAT/MOUSE HAIRS; CAT/DOG HAIRS; BAT HAIRS;
               (FLNF)   (FLRF)           (FLCF)        (FLBF)

               FEATHERS; MITES; UNFIT FOR FOOD-N.E.C.
               (FLBF)    (FLNC)    (UFNC)

PAC          :  **03844**

COUNTRY      : HONG KONG (HK, 435)

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER      : HANG LOONG MARINE PRODUCTS CO.
               48 - 50 FIRST STREET
               HONG KONG

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER ID # : FEI #1000341068
               MID #HKHANLOO4850GF

IMPORTER'S   : N/A
I.D.#

CHARGE      :  "The article is subject to refusal of admission
               pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to
               contain insects, rodent hairs, bird feathers, bat
               hairs, cat/dog hairs, and mites [Adulteration,
               Section 402(a)(3)]."

RECOMMENDING
OFFICE       : San Francisco District Import Operations Branch
               (HFR-PA152)

REASON FOR
ALERT       :  Since October of 1995, San Francisco district has
               detained eight (8) entries of salted jellyfish and
               dried squid combined from this firm, representing
               89 % of the firm's shipments examined.  The
               district collected and analyzed five and three
               samples of Salted Jellyfish and Dried Squid
               respectively, and found numerous insects, whole and
               fragments, striated hairs (rat/mouse, cat/dog,
               bat), and feathers.

GUIDANCE    : Districts may detain, without physical sampling and
              analysis, salted jellyfish and dried squid from the
              Hang Loong Marine Products Co., 48-50 First Street,
              Hong Kong.

              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

PREPARED BY :  Alwin W. Collins, Operations & Policy SDWG, DIOP,
               (301) 443-6553

KEYWORDS   :   Salted jellyfish, dried squid, adulteration, filth.

DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS :   November 4, 1996