IA #33-12 - 7/19/04, IMPORT ALERT #33-12, "DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION OF HARD AND SOFT CANDIES CONTAINING CHILI PEPPER" NOTE: This import alert is being revised to add an attachment that identifies additional firms/products and to change the title. Additional changes are bracketed 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 manufacturer and/or products 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: Hard and Soft Candies containing chili pepper. PRODUCT CODES: 33L--99; 33E--99, 33S--99 and ***33S--06*** OASIS CHARGE CODE: FILTHY PAF: FIL PAC: 03819A COUNTRY: MEXICO (MX,595) MANUFACTURER: See attachment SHIPPER/ MANUFACTURER: See attachment SHIPPER/ CHARGE: "The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that the article appears to consist in whole or in part of a filthy, putrid, or decomposed substance or be otherwise unfit for food [FD&CA;, Section 402(a)(3), Adulteration]." RECOMMENDING OFFICE: DAL-DO, HFR-SW150. REASON FOR ALERT: From July 15, 1997, through November 6, 1997, Dallas district detained 15 shipments of both hard and soft candy made with chili pepper from the listed manufacturer. The shipments were detained for rodent filth and insect filth. GUIDANCE: Districts may detain without physical examination both hard and soft candies containing chili pepper manufactured *** by the firms listed on the attachment.*** Districts encountering similar products from other manufacturers should consider sampling as resources permit. Appropriate screening for this product has been set in OASIS. 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. PRIORITY: I FOI: No purging required PREPARED BY: ***Denise I. Jones***, DIOP, (301) 443-6553 KEYWORDS: Candy, chili, filth, Productos Chamoyada Date Loaded into FIARS: July 19, 2004 ***ATTACHMENT A TO IMPORT ALERT #33-12*** 7/19/04 Firms recommended for detention without physical examination MEXICO (MX, 595) FIRM PRODUCT Manufacturer/Shipper: Productos Chamoyada S.A. De C.V. Hard and soft candies Calle Jaime Nuno #1815 Co. Cav containing chili pepper Reynosa, Mexico 33L -- 99, 33F --99, 33S --99 FEI #1000629798 03/18/98 MANUFACTURER: Candy Pop SA de CV Watermelon Lollipops w/chili Calle #26 Zona 1815 (Brand Name Rebanaditas) Guandalajara, Jalisco, Mexico 33S-- 06, 33S --99, 33E--99 FEI #3002809020 7/19/04 SHIPPER: Dulce Acosta Valenzuela Palavicini 120 Burocrates Hipodromo Tijuana, Mexico FEI #3003456049