The Food and Drug Administration recently warned owners of a beef producer, a dairy, and a frozen food company about violations of federal food safety laws.
Food companies that receive FDA warning letters have 15 days to respond. Companies that do not respond, or those that submit responses describing inadequate
Continue Reading Broken thermometers at processed food facility, illegal drugs in beef and veal prompt warnings
An Iowa dairy is on notice from the Food and Drug Administration for offering for sale an animal for slaughter as food that was adulterated. According to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act), “a food is deemed to be adulterated if it bears or contains a
Continue Reading Iowa dairy warned for unsafe drug residues in cow for slaughter
The warning letters published last week by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dealt with cows, seafood, sprouts and juice. Five dairies and a feedlot were cited for illegal drug residues. A Colon, MI, dairy owned by Merlin R. and Mary J. Yoder was warned about selling a cow in
Continue Reading FDA Warning Letters: Cows, Seafood, Sprouts, Juice
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) contacted two dairies, two seafood processors, and one animal feed processor in its latest round of warning letters to food producers. Shur-Green Farms LLC of Ansonia, OH, was cited for selling adulterated and misbranded animal feed. The farm had misrepresented shipments of Lascadoil
Continue Reading FDA Warning Letters: Illegal Drug Residues, Seafood Hazards, and Adulterated Feed
Two dairies and a seafood processor were notified about alleged food-safety violations in the latest round of warning letters posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In November 2014, FDA inspected Sunny Boys Dairy in Delta, UT, where they found a new penicillin drug being used in a
Continue Reading FDA Warning Letters: Two Dairies and a Seafood Processor
The most recent batch of warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were sent to a dairy in Ohio, a juice manufacturer, an acidified foods facility and a seafood processor. Big Prairie, OH, dairy Hyland Acres Jerseys sold a bob veal calf for slaughter in June that
Continue Reading FDA Warning Letters: Dairy, Juicer, Exporter, Seafood Processor
Illegal levels of drug residues in food animals topped the list of problems with food producers in the latest round of warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for alleged violations of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. FDA stated that Floyd Raber of Millersburg, OH, sold
Continue Reading FDA Warning Letters: Excessive Drug Levels Top List of Latest Food Problems
