IA#16-95 - 04/22/93, ATTACH 1/13/00 REVISED

SUBJECT       :"Automatic Detention of Canned Tuna Due to Decomposition"


TYPE OF ALERT :   Automatic Detention

PRODUCT       :   Canned Tuna

PRODUCT CODE  :   16AEE45

HARMONIZED
CODE          :   1604.14.30408

PROBLEM       :   Decomposition (MSDC)

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 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        :   Division of Import Operations & Policy, HFC-170

REASON FOR
ALERT         :   Districts have reported an increasing number of entries of
                  canned tuna shipments violative due to decomposition.  This
                  alert places firms on automatic detention which have
                  demonstrated a continuing problem.

                  Analysis for decomposition is an organoleptic examination
                  performed by a qualified seafood examiner or histamine
                  determination using AOAC, 15th Ed., Sec. 977.13,
                  fluorometric method.

INSTRUCTIONS  :   Automatically detain all canned tuna packed by firms listed
                  on the attachment.

PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE      :   II

FOI           :   No purging is necessary.

KEYWORDS      :   Decomposition, Tuna, Canned Tuna

PREPARED BY   :   Linda A. Wisniowski, DIOP, 301-443-6553.


    Attachment to Import Alert #16-95   Revised 1/13/00


Country                  Firm Name


Indonesia
(ID, 485)

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Mexico
(MX,595)
                                   Gonzales, Perez & Reyes,
                                     S.A. de C.V.
                                   Blvd. Las Dunas Y Corales #25
                                   Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
                                   FEI# 1000637264
                                   MID# MXGONPER25ENS
                                   2/21/97

Taiwan                                    Hsing Yi Frozen Foods
(TW, 281)                                 Processing Co., Ltd.
                                          1-6 Chu Tsun Li, Puh-Tzu Cheng
                                          Chia-Yi Hsien Taiwan, 613
                                          ID# TWHSIYI2833TAI
                                          (3/8/93)


Thailand                                  Royal Canning Co., Ltd.
(875,TH)                                  72/85-87 Llab
                                          Mae Nam Chaophya Rd.
                                          Chongnontrl Yannawa
                                          Bangkok 10120, Thailand
                                          FCE# 08760
                                          ID# THROYCAN7285BAN
                                          (6/18/93)