IA #03-05, 6/29/01 - REVISION OF IMPORT ALERT #03-05, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF PAPAD AND FARFAR WAFERS FROM INDIA", ATTACHMENT - 3/14/02 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 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: Papad and farfar wafers, all varieties PRODUCT CODE: 03Y[][]99 PROBLEM: Filth (insect, rodent, and/or other animal) PAF: ***FIL*** PAC FOR COLLECTION: 03819A COUNTRY: India MANUFACTURER/ SHIPPER FEI#: See attachment IMPORTER'S ID#: All CHARGE: "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to contain filth (insect, rodent, and/or other animal filth) [Adulterated, 402(a)(3)]." OASIS CHARGE CODE: ***FILTHY*** RECOMMENDING OFFICE: Chicago District, HFR-MW140 Dallas District, HFR-SW140 REASON FOR ALERT: From March through September 1991, 47 shipments of papad and farfar style products were offered for entry through various ports. Fourteen entries were detained without physical examination due to filth or pesticide contamination. Twenty-six of the remaining shipments were analyzed using AOAC, 15th Ed., Sections 969.41 and 975.4B(b), 1990 and found to be violative for insanitation due to the presence of insect, rodent and other filth violations including shipments from 10 different manufacturers/packers. Papad wafers are parchment thin, brittle disks usually made from a wet-ground moong or urad-dal bean paste or tapioca or mashed potatoes and spices. The products can be sun-dried or heat processed. GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination shipments of all varieties of papad and farfar wafers from India ***except those manufacturers/shippers listed in the attachment.*** ***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.*** PRIORITIZATION GUIDANCE: II FOI: No purging is required KEYWORDS: Papads, Farfar, Wafers, Filth, Sanitation PREPARED BY: Jack Geltman, DIOP, (301) 443-6553 DATE LOADED INTO FIARS: June 29, 2001 *** ATTACHMENT TO IA 03-05 REVISED 3/14/02 LIST OF SHIPPERS/MANUFACTURERS EXEMPT FROM DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION*** ***FIRM PRODUCT/PRODUCT CODE MTR Foods, Limited Plain Papad/03Y[][]99 No. 80, Bommasandra Idustrial 6/29/01 Area, Hebbagodi, Anekal Taluk Bangalore 562 158 India FEI #1000500626*** Valod Food Products Papads (All Varieties) Sunderbaug, Sedhi Road /03Y[][]99 Surat, Gujarat 3/14/02 India FEI #3003593956