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