IA #16-02, 5/21/96 REVISED, ATTACHMENT REVISED 2/4/04
SUBJECT: ***Detention of All Dried Shark Fins, Dried Fish Maws and
Shark Cartilage Powder Without Physical Examination***
Note: This alert is being revised to provide changes to
format and/or terminology and are bracketed by asterisks
(***).
TYPE OF
ALERT: ***Detention Without Physical Examination***
***(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 regulated
entities.)***
PRODUCT: Dried Shark Fins (All types, e.g., whole, shredded, cakes)
Dried Fish Maws
Dried Shark Cartilage Powder (utilizing dried shark fins/
maws as the source material)
PROBLEM: Insect (FLNF), rodent (FLRF), and/or other animal filth
(FLAF)
PRODUCT
CODE: 16Y-H08 Shark Fins
16Y-H07 Fish Maws
54G--04 Shark cartilage powder
PAC FOR
COLLECTION: 03844
COUNTRY: All (999)
PROCESSOR
OR SHIPPER: All, except those listed on the attachment.
PROCESSOR
OR
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 consist in whole or
in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance,
(insect, rodent, and/or other animal filth), or to be
otherwise unfit for food [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE: Division of Import Operations & Policy, HFC-170
ORL-DO, HFR-SE240
NYK-DO, HFR-NE152
SAN-DO, HFR-PA152
REASON FOR
ALERT: Insect, rodent or other animal filth has long been a problem
with dried shark fins of all types and dried fish maws. The
FY-93 national detention data identified over 160 detentions
from more than 20 countries.
IA#16-02 REVISED 05/21/96 PAGE 2
This import alert replaces Import Alert #16-01 "Automatic Detention of
Sharkfins (Sharkfin Cake) From Hong Kong", and Import Alert #16-02, "Automatic
Detention of Dried Shark Fins And Dried Fish Maws From Talle, Ecuador " and
combines and expands both alerts. The violation rate for both products is the
same, and criteria for ***detention without physical examination*** have been
met. Because no non-violative geographical area can be identified, both
products are on detention without physical examination on a world-wide basis.
GUIDANCE: ***Districts may detain all dried shark fins, all dried fish
maws, and dried shark cartilage powder derived from shark
fins/maws without physical examination.*** An attachment
for firms exempt from ***detention without physical
examinatin*** will be issued as necessary.
METHODOLOGY: Dried shark fins (all types, e.g., whole, shredded, cakes)
dried fish maws, and shark cartilage powder shall be
examined according to the procedures outlined in LIB 2957,
Examination of Dried Fish for Microscopic Filth.
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE: III
FOI: No purging of this alert is required.
KEYWORDS: Dried Shark fins, sharkfins, dried fish maws, seafood, shark
fin cake, shredded shark fin, dried, shark cartilage, powder
PREPARED BY: Linda A. Wisniowski, DIOP, 301-443-6553.
ATTACHMENT TO IA #16-02 2/4/04
THE LIST OF FIRMS THAT ARE EXEMPT FROM AUTOMATIC DETENTION
Aroma N. Z. Limited 8/29/94
P.O. Box 2683 Shark Cartilage
Christchurch
New Zealand
MID #NZARONZ2683CHR
Comexa Ltda. 1/2/96
Via Mamonal Sector Shark Cartilage
Albornoz 25-196
Cartagena de Indlas
Colombia, A.A. 15100
MID# COCOMLTD2519LTD
Corporacion Nacional De Ventas, S.A. 2/2/96
Insurgentes Sur 605-505 Col Shark Cartilage
Napoles C.P. 03810 Mexico, D.F.
MID# MXCORNAC6055NAP
MID# MXCORNA605MEX
Corporacion Procesadora 7/26/95
de Cartilago, S.A. Shark Cartilage
Apartado Postal 86-5400
Barranco, Puntarenas,
Costa Rica
MID# CRCORPRO8654PUN
Cottee Dairy Products PTY LTD Shark cartilage powder
Level 2, 25 Merriwa Street 54G[][]04 - 5/2/97
Gordon, NSW Australia 2072 Name change 4/7/98
FEI# 3001152739
Cottee Health PTY Limited Shark Cartilage Powder
15B Rodborough Road 54G04
French's Forest, NSW 2086 11/19/99
Australia
FEI# 3002693988
CV Technologies, Inc Shark Cartilage
9411 - 20 Avenue 6/4/96
Research Centre One
Edmonton, Alberta Name and Address Change(HerbTech)
T6N1E5 Canada 10/7/02
FEI #3003144341
Dingtao Sun Biochemical Factory Chondroitin Sulfate
You Ji, Fangshan Village (marine origin)
Dingtao County 12/ /02
Shandong Province, China
FEI # 3003527951
Gaveteco S.A. Ind. Shark Cartilage Powder/
Com. Fin. E Inm. 54G--04
Av. Belgrano 1281 3/12/97
Buenos Aires
Argentina
FEI# 1000403696
MID# ARGAVSA1281BUE
Jose Jorge Peralta Pena 7/20/00
343 Rayon Shark Cartilage
Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
FEI #1000209507 Name Change (Gilberto Carlos Arce Tubillo)
8/14/03
Kenko Commerce & Company 5/13/97
2-11, Uchikanda 3-Chome Shark Cartilage Powder
Chiyoda-Ku, aka Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate
Tokyo, Japan 54G04
FEI# 1000109810
MID# JPKENCOM211TOK
Lane Labs Pty. Ltd. 6/1/95
36 Central Drive, (Address corrected
Andrews, 2/17/98)
Brisbane, Australia Shark Cartilage/Powder
MID# AULANLAB36BRI
FEI# 1000273153
Maruha Corporation (Headqtrs)
(formerly Taiyo Fisheries, Ltd.)
1-2, 1-Chome
Otemachi, Chiyoda-Ku
Tokyo, Japan
MID # JPMARCOR121TOK
FEI # 1000272260
Maruha Corporation/Utsunomiya (Factory) Shark Cartilage Concentrate
8-5, Kiyohara-Kogyodanchi, (aka "sodium chondroitin sulfate"
Utsunomiya-City, Tochigi-Prefecture, 10/23/95
321-32, Japan
MID # JPMARCOR85UTS
FEI # 1000181676
Natural Factors Nutritional Products Ltd. Shark cartilage powder
1550 United Boulevard 54G[][]04
Coquitlam, B.C., Canada V3K 6Y7 7/28/03
FEI #3003235214
ProBiotec P.T.Y. Ltd. Shark Cartilage Powder
68 O'Grady Drive 54G--04
Paradise Point, Australia 10/18/02
FEI #3003428419
PT Eksindo Jaya Terang Mustika Shark Cartilage
Jl Pisangan Lama 1/7 3/6/96
Jakarta, Indonesia
MID# IDPTEKS17JAK
Seikagaku Corporation Shark Cartilage
Tokyo Yakugyo Bldg 54G04
1-5, Nihonbashi-Honcho 2-chome 11/4/97
Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103 Japan
FEI# 1000417771
Shark Line Exports Shark Cartilage/Bones
Industral Nagar 54G07
Kerala, India 10/9/97
FEI# 1000442310
Sinotrans G/D Im/Ex Trading Co. Shark Cartilage
1125 Guang Yuan Rd. C 2/2/96
Guangzhou, China
MID# CNSINTRA1125GUA
Yantai Tsi Nutritional Shark Cartilage Concentrate
Products Co., Ltd. (AKA Sodium Chondroitin Sulfate)
Yanqing Road 54G[][]04
Industrial Zone 54G[][]99
Laiyang, Shandong 265200 2/4/04
China
FEI# 3003679369