As part of its enforcement activities, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are
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Golden Gate Soy Products, a California-based food manufacturer, has agreed to discontinue selling food products until the company complies with federal food safety regulations and other requirements. The food manufacturer specializes in manufacturing a variety of tofu and other soy-based products, including soy milk.
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The Food and Drug Administration recently sent warning letters to a hard boiled egg processor in Gainesville, GA, and a seafood processor in Clare, Ireland, because inspectors found significant violations of U.S. food safety laws at their operations.
Businesses have 15 days to respond in writing to the FDA after
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Operators of two New York food processing companies agreed to stop preparing foods until they can comply with federal food safety laws and regulations. The action comes after Listeria monocytogenes was found in food preparation areas of their jointly owned processing facility.
The companies process a variety of foods, including
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B & H Foods in North Carolina is on notice from the FDA because the same strain of Listeria monocytogenes has been confirmed repeatedly during the past five years at its facilities.
“Based on FDA’s analytical results for the environmental sample and inspectional findings documented during the inspection, we have
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A federal judge shut down a Listeria-plagued fish-processing facility in Brooklyn, NY, on Monday. U.S. District Court Judge Roslynn R. Mauskopf was not persuaded by the changing company names, players, or even their last-minute appeals to introduce new evidence. She signed a permanent injunction, closing the troubled Chester Street seafood-processing
Continue Reading Listeria Moved In, Stayed for Years at Now-Closed NYC Seafood-Processing Facility
