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IA #45-07, 3/28/08,  IMPORT ALERT #45-07, "IMPORT ALERT #45-07, "DETENTION
WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF FOOD PRODUCTS CONTAINING ILLEGAL/UNDECLARED
SWEETENERS ATTACHMENT REVISED 4/14/09"

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).

           "***This revision provides additional guidance and updates
          FEI numbers and addresses for firms subject to DWPE.***"

          Alert language changes are bracketed by asterisks (***).


PRODUCT:  See Attachment.

PRODUCT
CODE:          See Attachment

PROBLEM:  Undeclared Saccharin
          Cyclamates

PAF:      FAD (Food Additives)

PAC FOR
COLLECTION:    09006A

COUNTRY:  See attachment


MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER FEI#:  See attachment

IMPORTER'S
ID#:      N/A

CHARGE:   Undeclared saccharin

"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3)
in that it appears to contain saccharin, a non-nutritive sweetener, and its
label or labeling fails to list it as an added ingredient. [Misbranding,
403(i)]."

                    and/or

               Unsafe artificial sweeteners

"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3)
in that it appears to bear or contain cyclamate, an unsafe food additive
within the meaning of section 409. [Adulteration, 402(a)(2)(c)]."





OASIS CHARGE
CODE:          SACCHARLBL - Misbranding
          CYCLAMATES - Adulteration

RECOMMENDING
OFFICE:   LOS-DO/Import Operations Section/HFR-PA256

REASON FOR
ALERT:    In January 2001, Los Angeles District collected and analyzed a
          sample of mango slices in vinegar from Malaysia (trans-shipped
          through Hong Kong) which was found to contain undeclared saccharin
          and cyclamate.

GUIDANCE: Detain without physical examination, product shipments and Firms
          found on the attachment of this import alert.

          ***Refer to the guidance found in Import Alert #21-04 for dried
          and dried and preserved fruits containing added sweeteners or
          salt.***

          Products from the firms on the attachment to this import alert may
          be detained without physical examination for the problem
          identified.

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

FOI:           No purging is required

KEYWORDS:      Cyclamate, saccharin, sweetener, non-nutritive

PREPARED BY:   Sammi L. Hadden, DIOP, (301) 443-6553

DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS:         March 28, 2008
























Attachment - Import Alert #45-07    Revised    4/14/09


                         BULGARIA

     FIRM                       PRODUCT/PRODUCT CODE        PROBLEM

     Bul Vita Ltd.              Sugar Free               Cyclamates
     AKA Bulgar Vita Ltd.          Strawberries
     38 Oborishte Street        in Light Syrup
     Tzanko Diustabanov 2          20A[][]14
Varna,                   01/19/06
Bulgaria
FEI# 3004276659

Pharmalab (1982) Inc. Cake/Pancake Mix,      Sodium Cyclamate
8759 Boulevard de la     Chocolate Flavored    declared on label
Rive-Sud              03S[][]01
Levis                    6/9/08
Quebec G6V6N6 Canada
FEI# 3003919952       Pancake Mix,        Sodium Cyclamate
                      Orange Flavored        declared on label
                      03S[][]23
                      6/9/08

                         CHINA

FIRM                     PRODUCT/PRODUCT CODE       PROBLEM
MANUFACTURER

Changle Yongxin          Peanuts in Shell         Cyclamates
  Food Co., Ltd.         23A[][]07
Liulin Jinfeng           33J[][]07
Changle City, Fujian          6/21/07
China
FEI# 3006324143

HEAD OFFICE

Changle Yongxin
  Food Co., Ltd.
No. 150, Xindongyan,
Jinfeng Zhen
Changle City,
Fujian,
China
FEI# 3006321558

SHIPPER

Jiangmen Pengjiang
  Huiming Trading Company
108 Flat 2 No. 16,
Guifeng East Road,
Xinhui, Jiangmen,
Guangdong,
China
FEI# 3005997893

SHIPPER

Jiangmen Pengjiang
   Huiming Trading Company
Unit A, 12/F, Dongxing Ge,
Donghua Bldg.,
128 Gangkou Road
Jiangmen, Guangdong
China
FEI# 3005066219

Fuling Foodstuffs Co.    Preserved cabbage          Cyclamates
   AKA Chongqing Fu Ling 24T[][]08/24T[][]12/
Foodstuffs Co.           24T[][]99
29 South Ti Yu Road      4/29/03
Fuling, Chongqing,
China
FEI# 3003671893

Goal Path Co.            Sweet potato, dried      Undeclared
222 Tai Ping Drive       25J[]H12/25L[][]12       Saccharin
Guangzhou,               2/11/04                  Cyclamates
China
FEI# 3004161210

Hengdun Group Co.             Drink Flavor with          Cyclamates &
No. 18 Xingfu Road,      Bamboo Shoots            Undeclared
Huaiyiting, Xiangfengxiang    30F[][]99             Saccharin
Yuhn District,           30G[][]99
Xiangtan, Hunan,              3/20/09
China     411100
FEI #3006797384

San Do Food Trading      Fruit juices             Cyclamates
  Co., Ltd.              20D[][][][]/20K[][][][]
Jinju Industrial Zone    20S[][][][]/21D[][][][]
Dalinshan Town           21K[][][][]/21V[][][][]
Dongguan City,           22D[][][][]/22K[][][][]
China                         2/25/03
FEI# 3003772529

Taiwan HSU-FU-CHI Foods Co.   Licorice Flavored          Undeclared
The Third Branch of      Melon Seeds              Saccharin
Guangdong,               23K[][]05             Cyclamates
Dongguang HSU-CHI        1/30/02
  Foods Co., Ltd
Zhouwu Industrial Park
Fucheng, Dongguang
Guangdong,
China
FEI# 3002864795

Xinhe Food Product Factory    Sweet potato, dried   Undeclared
12 Nam Fung Road         25J[]H12/25L[][]12    Saccharin
Taichi District          2/11/04               Cyclamates
Xinhui, Saccharin
China
FEI# 3004142849

Zhengfeng Dried Fruit    Preserved radish      Undeclared
Foodstuffs I/E Co.Ltd.        25J[][]07           Saccharin
4 Dong Wan Rd            06/23/03              Cyclamates
Lao Fu Tou
Sun Wen Road East
Zhangshan City,
Guangdong,
China
FEI# 3003875812

                         HONG KONG


FIRM                               PRODUCT                  PROBLEM
                                   PRODUCT CODE

Fuling Zhacai (Group) Co. Ltd.       Pickled Mustard Stem        Sodium
Aka Chongoing Fuiling Zhacai Group Co.  24T[][]20             Cyclamate
29 South Tiyu Rd Fuling Dist.        4/14/09
Chongqing, CN-50, China 408000
FEI #3004710058

Wei Wei Trading Co.                Sweet potato, dried      Undeclared
702 Yee Wo Building                25J[]H12/25L[][]12       Saccharin
Des Voeux Road                     2/11/04                  Cyclamates
Honk Kong
FEI# 3004235254


                         INDONESIA (ID)

                      PRODUCT
FIRM NAME/ADDRESS        PRODUCT CODE        PROBLEM

Pt Sinar Sosro        Hot Mango         Undeclared Saccharin
Jl Diponegaro Km. 39     (AKA Manalagi)      Cyclamates
Desa Jatimulya        21S[][]05
Tambun, Bekasi        21T[][]05
Indonesia           5/29/08
FEI# 3003061367
                      Sweet Mango         Undeclared Saccharin
                      (AKA Manalagi)      Cyclamates
                      21S[][]05
                      21T[][]05
                      5/29/08


                      MALAYSIA

FIRM                  PRODUCT/PRODUCT CODE       PROBLEM

Appollo Foods         Mango Slices           Undeclared Saccharin
Manufacturing SDN. BHD   in Vinegar               Cyclamates
Lot 1283,             21S[][]05
Jalan Perbadanan,
93450 Kuching,
Sarawak,
Malaysia
FEI# 3001592874







                         THAILAND

FIRM                    PRODUCT/PRODUCT CODE      PROBLEM

A S World Trading     Gooseberry Preserves        Undeclared Saccharin
  Ltd., Partners      w/Chili                Cyclamates
69/21-22 Moo 6,       20C[][]08
SOI Kingkaew 54          2/11/04
Kingkaew Rd.,
Rachathewa, Bangplee
Samutprakarn
Thailand
FEI# 3004248958
*** FEI# 3003967217 ***