IA #24-11 - REVISION 12/1/97, IMPORT ALERT #24-11, ***"DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION*** O
F DRIED PEPPERS FROM MEXICO",ATTACHMENT 10/19/04
NOTE: This revision corrects the product code and provides changes in format and terminology. Changes are b
racketed by asterisks (***).
TYPE OF ALERT : ***Detention Without Physical Examination
(Note: This import alert represents the agency's current guidance to FDA field personnel regarding the manufac
turer(s) and/or product(s) at issue. It does not create or confer any rights for or on any person and does no
t operate to bind FDA or the public.)***
PRODUCT : Dried peppers
PRODUCT CODE : 24H[][]07 - peppers, dried, sweet
24H[][]08 - peppers, dried, hot
PROBLEM : ***FILTHY***
***PAF : FIL (Filth)***
PAC FOR
COLLECTION : 03819A
COUNTRY : Mexico (MX, 595)
MANUFACTURER
SHIPPER/ : All
CHARGE : "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appea
rs to consist in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or be otherwise unfit for food
[Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]."
RECOMMENDING
OFFICE : Dallas district (HFR-SW140)
REASON FOR
ALERT : From December, 1987, through March, 1988, Dallas district sampled 16 shipments of dried pepper
s from Mexico from 10 different shippers. Of the 16 dried pepper shipments, 14 were detained due to the prese
nce of excessive mold.
***GUIDANCE : Districts may detain, without physical sampling and analysis,*** all shipments of dried pepper
s from Mexico except from those firms identified on the attachment.
***ANALYTICAL
GUIDANCE : For questions or issues concerning science, science policy, sample collection, analysis, prepa
ration, or analytical methodology, contact the Division of Field Science at (301) 443-3320 or 3007.***
PRIORITIZATION
GUIDANCE : III
FOI : No purging required.
KEYWORDS : ***Peppers, dried peppers, hot peppers, sweet peppers, dried, mold, filth***
PREPARED BY : Ted Poplawski, DIOP, (301) 443-6553.
DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS : December 1, 1997
ATTACHMENT TO IA #24-11 Revised 10/19/04
Manufacturers/Shippers Exempt from Automatic Detention
Agroindustrias Azteca, S.A.
Tapia PTE 1340
Monterrey
NL, Mexico
FEI# 1000110593
ID# MXAGRAZT1340MON
4/15/96
Agroinsumos El Campo, S.A. de C.V. Guajillo Peppers
Calle Juarez Nte. No. 112 24H- - 08
Calera de Victor Rosales, Zacatecas, Mexico
FEI # 3002936736
3/15/01
Antonio Garcia
Arizpe, Sonora, Mexico
Antonio Ortiz Becerra Guajillo Peppers
Jesus Carranza # 316 24H- - 08
Aguascalientes, Mexico 5/11/04
FEI# 3000132792
Bellos Produce
Bellota No. 21
Mercado de Abastos,
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Mexico
MID# MXBELPRO21GUA
2/14/96
Capsicum Foods SA De CV Dried Ancho
Venustiano Carransa 990 Peppers
San Luis Potosi 24HFH08
Mexico 8/15/97
FEI #3000176288
Chiles de Ejido Cienega Dried Chili Peppers
Calera de V.R. Brand Name:
Zacatecas, Mexico Productos del Campo Lara-
FEI# 1000491149 Hernandez
24H[][08 / 6/11/97
Chiles Secos Andrade Dried Peppers
Perimetal Noroeste y Camelia 24H--08
Bodega #7 11/13/00
Sucursal Colonia Libertad
Hermosillo, Sonora
Mexico
FEI #3000257133
Chiles Secos y Semillas Dried Peppers/24H[][]08
Hermanos Ramos 10/16/98
Santos Degollado No. 491 Sur
Juarez, Mexico
FEI #1000342190
Chilimex S.A. de C.V. Dried Chili Peppers/
Comalcalco con Andador #2 24H[][]08
sq. Huimanguillo 4/18/00
Col. Sanchez Magallanes
Villahermosa, Tabasco
87100, Mexico
FEI #3000162961
Condimentos de Mexico S.A. de C.V. Dried Chili Peppers
Eje 120 No. 470 24H--08
Zona Industrial del Potosi 28A-H08
78395 San Luis Potosi, S.L.P. 6/18/01
Mexico
FEI #3002997969
Cranklaw Farms
d/b/a Industria Decorativa Crinklaw
Carr. Transp. Aquiles Serdan
Ensenada, B.C., Mexico
(5/8/92)
Dante Santos Nuno Dried Peppers/
Avenida Comonford #1339 Zona Rio 24H[][]08
Tijuana, B.C. 1/23/97
Mexico
MID# MXDANSAN7TJ
FEI# 3000164016
Deshidratadora Del Conchos de Camargo, S.A. de C.V.
Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico
Deshidratadora Delicias S. De R.L. de C.V. Dried Peppers/24H[][]08
Avenida 9a Poniente No. 604 6/17/98
Ciudad Delicias, Mexico
FEI #3004405479 Name & Address change
1/30/04
Desidratadora El Rosal DRIED PEPPERS
AV. Convencion Sur 312 24H[][]08
INT.2 Las Americas, 9/3/02
Aguascalientes
AGS., Mexico, MID No.
MXDESEL 312 AGU
FEI #3003374073
Deshidratadora Y Exportadora Dried Peppers/24H--08
Reyes Medina S.A. De C.V. 6/26/00
Granja Don Jose Carr
Ags-Loreto Km 1 el
Asientos, Aguascalientes
Mexico
FEI # 3002830477
Exphort Comercializadora Frutas Verduras Y Legumbres Guajillo and Ancho
LIC, David Hernando Ortega Espinoza Peppers
Privada Valle Del Riscal #1135 24H--08
CD. Reynosa, Tamaulipas 88750 9/15/04
Mexico
FEI# 3004389394
Grupo Jaramillo Hermanos All dried peppers
Calle Iturbe #399 Ote. 24H[][]07/24H[][]08
Calera de Victor Rosales, Mexico 9/9/04
FEI# 3004261863
Isaias Cordoba Huerta Dried Peppers/24H--08
R.F.C. Coh #690223 G54 24H--07
Domicilio 6/10/04
Vera Cruz, Mexico
FEI # 3003827577
J. Jesus De La Cruz Gallegos Ancho and
Loreto, Zac., Mexico Cascabel
FEI #1000435168 24H 08
MID #MXJESDE607LOR 8/5/96
Jorge Alberto Martinez Lomas Dried Peppers/
Calle De La Uva No. 32 24H--08
Aguascalientes Ags. 01/07/00
Mexico
FEI #3002245735
J. Jesus De La Cruz Gallegos Guajillo Pepper
Juarez #607 24H[][]08
Loreto, Zacatecas 11/2/03
Mexico
FEI #1000435168
Jose Octavio Reyes Medina Dried 24H--08
Azteca 121 Colonia Centro, "California" 3/12/97
Villa Juarez, (aka Anaheim)
Aguascalientes, Mexico Peppers ONLY!
FEI #3000220405
MID #MXJOSOCT121AGU
Manuel Pavon Burkle Dried Peppers 24H[][]08
Zona V Sector 4 Nave 1 Bodega T-6 3/5/99
Central de Abasto de la Ciudad de Mexico
Col. Zona Urbana Ejidal C.P. 09040
Iztapalapa, Mexico
FEI #3002420439
McCormick Pesa SA de CV* Dried Anaheim Peppers
Julimes Km. 2.5. 24H[][]08
Meoqui, Chihuahua, 11/26/96
Mexico
FEI #1000655830
MID #MXMCCPES25MEO
*Products from locations other than the one above operated or shipped by this firm still remain under detentio
n without physical examination.
Nueces Y Pistaches Del Norte Dried Chipotle Peppers
Javier Fierro Olono 24H--08
Gonzalez Ortega No. 1010 2/9/99
Ciudad Camargo
Chihuahua, Mexico
FEI# 1000579644
Plantas Medicinales San Dried Chili 24H--08
Ildefonso S.A. de C.V. 12/31/97
Of. Centrales
Carretera Mexico-Piedras Negras,
KM 426
Soledad de A. Sanchez,
S.L.P. C.P., 78050,
Mexico
FEI# 3001281228
Productora Nacional Cascabel peppers 24H[][]08
Campesina, S.A. de C.V. 9/18/96
Chapultepec OTE 800
Guadalupe, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
FEI# 1000147131
MID# MXPRONAC800GUA
Rancho Los Leones Dried Peppers 24H--08
Zacatecas No. 20 7/9/99
Dolores Hidalgo
Guanajuato
C.P. 37800
Mexico
FEI# 3002655440
Res Internacional S.A. de C.V. Chipotle Peppers 24H--08
Fco. I. Madero 315 5/23/01
Delicias, Chihuahua, Mexico
FEI # 1000574175
Santos Alvarado Gerardo Dried peppers, hot
Dom. Conocido Col. Benito Juarez 24H[][]08
Salinas de Hidalgo, Mexico 10/19/04
FEI# 3003806516
Yoo Jin S.A. de C.V.
Puerto Palomas
Chihuahua, Mexico
(5/19/93)