Import Alert 16-95
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(Note: This import alert represents the Agency's current guidance to FDA field personnel regarding the manufacturer(s) and/or products(s) 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).
Import Alert # 16-95
Published Date: 03/18/2011
Type: DWPE
Import Alert Name:
"Detention Without Physical Examination of Canned Tuna Due to Decomposition"
Reason for Alert:
Districts have reported an increasing number of entries of canned tuna shipments violative due to decomposition. This alert places firms on detention without physical examination 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.
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.
Guidance:
Districts may detain without physical examination all canned tuna packed by firms identified on the red list for this alert.
Product Description:
Tuna, canned
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)]"
OASIS charge code - FILTHY
OASIS charge code - FILTHY
MEXICO
Gonzales, Perez and Reyes S.A.
Date Published : 09/18/2009
Blvd Las Dunas y Corales #25 , Ensenada, MEXICO
16 A - E 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 2/21/1997
16 A - I 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 2/21/1997
TAIWAN
Hsing Yi Frozen Foods Processing Co Ltd
Date Published : 02/22/2010
7F 9 Alley 14 Lane 283 SEC , 3 Roosevelt Rd , Taipei, TAIWAN
16 A - E 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 3/8/1993
16 A - I 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 3/8/1993
Hsing Yi Plastics Processing Co., Ltd.
Date Published : 02/22/2010
1-13, Chu Tsun Li , Put-Zu , Chia-yi Hsien, TAIWAN
16 A - E 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 3/8/1993
16 A - I 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 3/8/1993
THAILAND
Royal Canning Co Ltd
Date Published : 09/18/2009
72/85 Liab Mae Nam Chaophya Rd , Bangkok, THAILAND
16 A - E 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 6/18/1993
16 A - I 45 Tuna (Albacore, Yellowfin, Bluefin, Skipjack, Etc.)
Date Published: 02/22/2010
Notes:DWPE date - 6/18/1993
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