Steve Kramer wrote:

> jmcquown wrote:
> >
> > I'm out of watermelon seeds! (just kidding)
>
> Thanks for the heads up. She visits nice places! And if you ARE
> actually out of watermelon seeds, let me know. I have to go to
> the post office later this week anyway and it's no trouble at all
> to send out 5 little boxes instead of 4! )

Quoting from:
http://www.fda.gov/ora/fiars/ora_import_ia2302.html

IA #23-02, REVISED 12/20/96 - IMPORT ALERT #23-02
"DETENTION WITHOUT PHYSICAL EXAMINATION
OF MELON SEEDS, ATTACHMENTS A - 4/13/00,
ATTACHMENT C & ATTACHMENT B - 6/6/03

NOTE: This alert is being revised to reflect updated information.
Additional changes are bracketed by asterisks(***).


TYPE OF ALERT: **Detention Without Physical Examination**
and Guidance

PRODUCT : Melon seeds

PRODUCT CODE : 23K[][]05

PROBLEM : Aflatoxin (PSAM)
Color (UCNC)
Filth (FLNF, FLRF, FLAF)

COUNTRY : Sudan (SD, 835)
PROC (CN, 280)
Hong Kong (HK, 435)
Thailand (TH, 875)

MANUFACTURER/
SHIPPER : Various

MANUFACTURER
SHIPPER I.D.#: N/A

IMPORTER'S
I.D.# : N/A

CHARGE : "The article is subject to refusal of admission
pursuant to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to contain
"AFLATOXIN," a poisonous and deleterious substance,
which may ordinarily render it injurious to health."
[Adulteration, Section 402(a)(1)]

or

"The article is subject to refusal of admission pursuant
to Section 801(a)(3) in that it appears to bear or
contain a color additive which is unsafe within the
meaning of Section 706(a)." [Adulteration, Section 402(c)]

or

"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 is otherwise unfit for food, in that in
contains insect, rodent, animal or other filth."
[Adulteration, Section 402(a)(3)]

[. . .]

Attachment A to Import Alert #23-02 4/13/00


Melon Seeds on ***Detention Without Physical
Examination for Aflatoxin***

Packer/Shipper Product

All firms from the Sudan Melon Seeds

Lang Derm Exporters Dried Melon Seeds
Bangkok, Thailand

Kwang Yak Joo Ltd. Black Melon Seeds
Bangkok, Thailand