IA #15-01, 4/16/96 - IMPORT ALERT #15-01, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
           OF PRESERVED DUCK EGGS DUE TO LEAD", ATTACHMENT - REVISED 4/29/97


TYPE OF ALERT:    Detention Without Physical Examination

            Note:  This alert is being revised to provide changes to format
            and/or terminology and are bracketed by asterisks (***).

                  (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.)

PRODUCT      :    Preserved Duck Eggs

PRODUCT CODE :    15A[][]03

PROBLEM      :    Excessive levels of lead (HMPB)

PAC FOR
COLLECTION   :    04016B

COUNTRY      :    See Attachment


MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER      :    See Attachment

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER I.D.#:    See Attachment


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 contain a poisonous or deleterious substance,
                  lead, which may render it injurious to health
                  [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(1)]."

                                   and

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


RECOMMENDING
OFFICE       :    SAN-DO, HFR-PA152

REASON FOR
ALERT        :    SAN-DO analysis of a sample of preserved duck eggs from
                  Taiwan (sample #1905971, Grand Western Foods) found lead
                  levels ranging from 510 ppb to 640 ppb. SAN-DO analysis of a
                  sample of preserved duck eggs from Hong Kong (sample
                  #3037128, S.B. Trading Co. Ltd.), found lead levels
                  ranging from 1400 ppb to 1900 ppb.

GUIDANCE     :    Districts may detain, ***without physical examination,***
                  preserved duck eggs from the firms listed in the
                  Attachment to this alert.

                  ***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 is required.

KEYWORDS     :    Duck Eggs, preserved, lead, Hong Kong, Taiwan

PREPARED BY  :    Doug Randes, DIOP, 301-443-6553.

ATTACHMENT TO IMPORT ALERT #15-01 - 4/29/97

                  LIST OF FIRMS SUBJECT TO AUTOMATIC DETENTION


                            HONG KONG (HK, 435)


S.B. Trading Company Ltd
9 Cheung Lee Street
Chai Wan, Hong Kong
FEI# 1000176092
ID# HKSBTRA21CHO


                             TAIWAN (TW, 281)


Grand Western Foods Corporation
20F-3 N. 303, Chung Ming South Road
Taichung, Taiwan
FEI# 1000173845
ID# TWGRAWES303TAI

Tainan County Duck Breeding        Preserved Duck           Lead
 Cooperative                        Eggs                    4/29/97
10 Tar-Ming, Li                    15A[][]03
Hsueh-Chia Town
Tainan County, Taiwan
FEI #1000281801