IA #16-31, ------Revised 6/7/96, Attachment A - 5/9/01, Attachment B - 5/17/02 SUBJ: REVISION OF IMPORT ALERT #16-31, ***"DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF FROZEN, RAW, AND COOKED CONCHMEAT"*** NOTE: This alert has been revised to establish a separate attachment for exempt firms and update the format. Additional changes are bracketed by asterisks (***). TYPE OF ALERT : Detention without physical examination Surveillance ***(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 : Conchmeat (fresh, fresh frozen, cooked) PRODUCT CODE : 16E[][]06 16E[]A06 16E[]F06 16E[]G06 16E[]Y06 PROBLEM : Decomposition (MSDC) PAC FOR COLLECTION : 03844 COUNTRIES : See Attachment MANUFACTURER/ SHIPPER : See Attachment MANUFACTURER/ SHIPPER ID : See Attachment IMPORTER'S ID : 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 or to be otherwise unfit for food [Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]." RECOMMENDING OFFICE : DIOP (HFC-171) and ORL-DO (HFR-SE2575) REASON FOR ALERT : This alert was initiated in 1985 for firms in the Dominican Republic when it was determined that a detention rate of 89.7% existed for conchmeat due to decomposition. In FY93, ORL-DO reported that 10 of 21 shipments (47.6% detention rate) of conchmeat from firms in Honduras were detained because of decomposition. Other detentions were made due to presence of sulfites and/or undeclared sulfites. Because the handling of conchmeat, prior to the cooking step, would be the same for both raw and cooked conchmeat, this import alert applies to both styles of product. ***GUIDANCE*** : ***Districts may detain, without physical examination, shipments of conchmeat from the firms identified on Attachment A to this alert.*** Because of the continued high detention rate due to decomposition of this product, an increase in sampling and analyses of this product is warranted. ***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 : II FOI : No purging is required KEYWORDS : Seafood, conch, conchmeat, decomposition PREPARED BY : Ted Poplawski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553 DATE LOADED INTO FIARS : June 7, 1996 Attachment ***A*** to Import Alert #16-31 - 5/9/01 Firms on detention without physical examination DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DO, 320) All firms Attachment B to Import Alert #16-31 - 5/17/02 Firms exempt from detention without physical examination DOMINICAN REPUBLIC (DO, 320) Distribuidora de Mariscos Los 7 Mares S.A. 05/17/02 Autopista 30 de Mayo Km 7 « urb Procasa Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic FEI # 3001389906 Empresa Pesquera Jose A Gomez 6/7/96 Carretera Sanchez Km9 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic FEI# 1000363840 MID# DOEMPPES9SAN