The seafood processing facility at 435 4th St. in Oakland, CA, was inspected Nov. 27 through Dec. 2, 2015 by the San Francisco District of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Because of the serious violations found, FDA on March 4, 2016, sent the company that owns the facility, Dowell Co. Inc., a warning …
FDA Warning Letters: Dairy, Juicer, Exporter, 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 FDA considered adulterated because there…
Seafood Processors From Around the World Receive FDA Warning Letters
Foreign seafood processors in Ecuador, Portugal, Malaysia, Spain and Vietnam have, in the past month or so, have received warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). All face the possibility of having their fish or fish products detained at the U.S. border without any physical examination unless FDA’s concerns are addressed. And,…
FDA Warning Letters: Excessive Drug Levels Top List of Latest Food Problems
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 a veal calf for slaughter…
FDA Warning Letters: Misbranding, Inadequate HACCP Plans, Excessive Drug Residues
The latest round of warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) include a dairy company cited for inaccurate nutritional claims, two seafood processors for inadequate HACCP plans, and three cattle producers for excessive drug treatments. FDA found that Minerva Dairy in Minerva, OH, misbranded its Greek yogurt butter product labels by including…
FDA Warning Letters: Two Dairies, a Cattle Operation, and a Seafood Processor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warnings to two dairies, a cattle operation and a seafood processor in its latest round of posted warning letters. Glenville Farms, a dairy in Pennsylvania, was cited for illegal drug residues in a cow sold for slaughter. Tissue samples from the cow revealed the presence…
FDA Warning Letters: Five Seafood Processors, Three Dairies, One Egg Producer, One Canned Food Processor
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s latest batch of warning letters for food manufacturers were sent to an egg producer, dairy operations, a foreign canned food producer and both foreign and domestic seafood processors. Two dairies, Hoke Farms in Pennsylvania and Double D Dairy in Michigan, received warnings for using animal drugs in ways not…
Preventive Controls: Daunting for Some, Standard Procedure for Seafood
The concept of “preventive controls” is an anxiety-producing one for many FDA-regulated food companies right now as the agency prepares to issue a final rule that will make hazard-prevention measures mandatory for processing facilities. As Food Safety News reported last week, trepidation is especially high among smaller firms, which are balking at potential costs of …
FDA Orders Seafood Seizure
U.S. Marshals on Wednesday, acting at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and under the authority of the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California, seized seafood products manufactured by the Meiko Food Co. of South El Monte, CA.
In a news release, the FDA said the company, which …
Warning Letters to Seafood Processors, Again
Four seafood processing facilities — making everything from herring and mackerel to raw trout, whitefish and walleye to seafood stuffings and salads — received warnings letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in early August.
In an Aug. 2 warning letter, FDA advised Lewiston, ME-based Deshales’ Associates Inc. of “serious violations” of seafood …
Two Seafood Processors Get Warning Letters
California’s Yamaya USA Inc., a seafood processor and importer based in Torrance, responded quickly in April to inspection findings from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Yamaya facilities were inspected last April 7-13, and processor/importer responded to the FDA in writing on April 21. It promised to:
- Change critical limits in its Hazard
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