IA #28-07, REVISED 1/30/98 - IMPORT ALERT #28-07, "DETENTION
           WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF COUMARIN IN VANILLA
           PRODUCTS EXTRACTS -  FLAVORINGS - IMITATIONS)",
           ATTACHMENT REVISED 10/19/04

Note: this import alert is being revised to reflect current alert
format and add an attachment for firm(s)/product(s) identified
for detention without physical examination.

TYPE OF ALERT: Detention without physical examination

(Note: This import alert represents the Agency's current guidance
to FDA field personnel regarding the manufacturer(s) and/or
product at issue.  It does not create or confer any rights for or
on any person, and does not operate to bind FDA or the public.)

PRODUCT      :  Vanilla Product(s) (Extracts - Flavorings -
Imitations)

PRODUCT CODE :  As identified on the attachment to the alert

PROBLEM      : Coumarin contamination - poisonous or deleterious
               substance - (OASIS charge code = coumarin)

PAC FOR
COLLECTION   : 09006

PAF          : FAD

COUNTRY      : All

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER      : As identified on the attachment to the alert


CHARGE       : "The article is subject to refusal of  admission
               pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears
               to bear or contain (Coumarin), a poisonous or
               deleterious substance, which may render it
               injurious to health [Adulteration, Section
               402(a)(1)]." (OASIS charge code = Coumarin)

RECOMMENDING
OFFICE       : DIOP, HFC-172

REASON FOR
ALERT        : Coumarin in Mexican Vanilla has been a recurring
               problem for quite sometime. Coumarin has been
               prohibited in food in the U.S. since 1940 (See CFR
               Part 189.130), (189.130(b) Food containing any
               added coumarin as such or as a constituent of
               tonka beans or tonka extract is deemed to be
               adulterated under the act).

               A talk paper T84-17, 3/8/84, and October, 1993,
               article "Mexican Coumarin No Bargain" in the FDA
               Consumer have been written regarding this problem.
               These products are often labeled in Spanish
               "Extracto de vanilla" or "Vainilla".

               An attachment to this alert will be updated, as
               needed, listing manufacturer(s) and product(s)
               which are found to contain coumarin.

GUIDANCE    :  Districts may detain without physical examination
               all vanilla product(s) from the identified
               manufacturer(s) on the attachment to this import
               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 required.

KEYWORDS     : Coumarin, Vanilla, Tonka Beans, Tonka Extract

PREPARED BY  : George N. Butler, HFC-172, DIOP, 301-443-6553

DATE LOADED
INTO FIARS   : January 30, 1998

Attachment to Import Alert 28-07 - 10/19/04
   Manufacturers subject to "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL
EXAMINATION OF COUMARIN IN VANILLA PRODUCTS (EXTRACT -
               FLAVORINGS - IMITATIONS)"


FIRM:                                   PRODUCT/CODE

Centro Dominicano de Promocion          Vanilla Extract/28C--51
Plaza de la Independcia
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
FEI# 1000290693


Industrias Alimenticias -               Vanilla flavoring
 Dona Tina                              28C[][]51
Las Brisas Casa No. H-149               01/12/00
Managua, Nicaragua
FEI# 3002901227

Jean Raphael Lamarque              Vanilla Extract/28C--51
Rue Macajou 3                      10/19/04
Port Au Prince
Haiti
FEI# 3003942570

Juan Miguel Anazaldula          Vanilla Extract - Danncy Pure
   Gutierrez                    Vanilla Brand/28C[][]51
Juarez No. 1101-A                  7/14/98
Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas
Mexico
FEI #3001655129

Julio A. Nunez -                        Vanilla extract
 ESI/Almacaribe, Inc.                   28C[][]51
Calle Proyecto No. 10                   5/16/00
Urb. Moises
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
FEI# 3002691881

P.A. Benjamin Manufacturing Co.,Ltd.  Artificial Vanilla
95-97 East Street                       Flavoring
Kingston, Jamaica                       45L[][]99
FEI #7917                               9/15/98

Serrana Agroindustrial                  Vanilla Extract
Juan de Morfa # 93                      28C- - 51
Santo Domingo, DO                       5/14/02
FEI # 3003154904

Xiame S.A. de C.V.                 Vanilla Extract
Agustin Olachea No. 151            28C- - 51
Col. Adolfo Lopez Mateos           8/8/02
Deleg. Venustiano Carranza
Mexico, D.F., Mexico CP 15670
FEI #3003687015