The FDA sent a warning letter on October 19, 2016 to Simply Fresh Fruit of Vernon, California, informing them that environmental swabs taken in their facility found Listeria monocytogenes bacteria. Federal inspectors also discovered violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practices. These findings make the ready to eat fresh cut fruit products adulterated under the Federal … Read more
The FDA sent a warning letter to Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream’s frozen flavor base Ohio manufacturing facility on August 9, 2016. The inspection that prompted the letter took place on January 25, 2016 through February 9, 2016. That letter states that “your frozen flavor base products are adulterated” because “FDA laboratory analysis of the environmental … Read more
On June 23, 2016, the FDA sent a warning letter to Lavella Brothers food warehouse in Chester, Pennsylvania after an inspection on May 4 through May 26, 2016 found “significant violations of the FDA’s Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) regulations. The violations “cause the food products stored at your facility to be adulterated, in that they … Read more
The FDA sent a warning letter to Preferred Meal Systems in Illinois in February 2016, detailing violations of Current Good Manufacturing Practice in Manufacturing, Packing or Holding Human Food (CGMP) regulation. FDA inspectors collected environmeal samples that found Listeria monocytogenes in the facility. That facility makes ready-to-eat cold cut sandwiches and boxed lunches, for which … Read more
The FDA sent a warning letter to Harmless Harvest Thailand last month, telling them that their 100% Raw Coconut Water products are considered hazardous, since they are processed in a manner that does not comply with the juice Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems regulation. The juice products are considered adulterated within the … Read more
The FDA has sent a warning letter to Frito-Lay’s Tennessee facility, sating that inspections in May and June 2015 “revealed serious violations of FDA’s Current Good Manufacturing Practice requirements.” That means food products held at that facility are considered adulterated because they were “prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become … Read more
Many foods contain a chemical from Stevia, which is a herb that is very sweet and doesn’t add calories to food. It is considered a sugar substitute, the only one made from a plant (not in a factory) and it is 200 times sweeter than sugar. But in a warning letter to the Ten Ren … Read more
The FDA has sent many warning letters to corporations during the month of September 2014. These letters inform the corporation owners of problems with food safety and HACCP violations. Well Luck Company in New Jersey received a letter on September 17, 2014 warning about rodent problems at their facility. Live mice were spotted in the … Read more
The FDA has sent a warning letter to M & B Sea Products of New Bedford, Massachusetts, alleging that the facility has “serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation.” The company’s refrigerated, reduced oxygen packaged raw, scallops are adulterated. The facility does not have an HACCP plan to list … Read more
Whatever it is that is dripping from the ceiling might be getting into the food at Gourmail Inc., dba Jyoti Natural Food, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which sent a warning letter to the company last week. Conditions at the company’s plant, in Sharon Hill, Pa., that the airline food prepared there was … Read more