IA #34-01 - 12/04/92 Revised, "Automatic Detention of Cocoa Beans
From Brazil and Indonesia Due to Presence of Live
Insects"
TYPE OF ALERT: AUTOMATIC DETENTION
PRODUCT : Cocoa Beans
PRODUCT CODE : 34A[]B99
HARMONIZED
CODE : 1801.00.0000
PROBLEM : Live Insects (FLNF)
COUNTRY : Brazil (BR, 220)
Indonesia (ID, 458)
Malaysia (MY, 580)
MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER : Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia: All Shippers
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
substance in that it appears to contain live
insects [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : BLT-DO, HFR-MA250
REASON FOR
ALERT : During the first six months of FY91, BLT-DO has
made a total of 44 detentions for live insect
infestation from 57 shipments of cocoa beans from
Brazil (77% violation rate). These 44 detentions
represented 9 different Brazilian shippers.
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Also for this same period of time, BLT-DO made 144
detentions for live insect infestation from 149
shipments of cocoa beans from Indonesia (96% violation
rate). These detentions represented 17 Indonesian
shippers.
During this same period, BLT-DO made 70 detentions for
live insect infestation for 122 shipments of cocoa
beans (57% violation rate). These detentions
represented four different shippers.
Results were obtained using Macroanalytical Procedures
Manual (MPM) V-18.
INSTRUCTIONS : Automatically detain, without physical
sampling and analysis, all shipments of cocoa
beans from Brazil, Indonesia, Malaysia.
Increase coverage of cocoa beans from other
countries may be indicated.
KEYWORDS : COCOA, BEANS, COCOA BEANS, INSECTS
FOI : No purging is necessary.
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