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Shipments continue to be offered for entry, and refused, due to the presence of aflatoxin.
In March 1991, New York Regional Laboratory analyzed two products, dried melon seeds and black melon seeds, offered for entry from Thailand. Both samples were found to contain violative levels of aflatoxin. We continue to find non-permitted colors in products shipped from Hong Kong, and the Peoples Republic of China. In addition, during FY 91, ten entries of all types of melon seeds were found to contain rodent or insect filth using AOAC, 15th ed., 950.86, 1990. These detentions include various shippers from the Peoples Republic of China, Hong Kong, Jordan and Lebanon.