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