The last warning letter from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 2015 apparently went to Eco Sushi Express Inc. in Oakville, CT. In the letter sent on Dec. 29, FDA said it found “serious violations” of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations during inspections
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FDA Warning Letter Cites Bronx Seafood Processor for HACCP Violations
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) last 2015 warning letter for a food manufacturer went out Dec. 22nd to a seafood processor in the Bronx. The company, Uoya Inc, was warned about “serious violations” of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations. Uoya’s “Big Eye Tuna…
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FDA Warning Letters: CA Seafood Processor, NY Dairy Operator
The most recently posted warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) include an exchange with a seafood processing and importing establishment in Rancho Dominguez, CA. In a Sept. 8 warning letter, FDA told Central Boeki California Ltd. that during an inspection from June 12-15, 2015, the agency…
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FDA Warning Letter: Tennessee Seafood Processor
T-Ho Foods Inc., a seafood processor in Powell, TN, was sent a July 22 warning letter from the New Orleans District Office of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that is very precise about rodent excreta. In a June 1-3, 2015, inspection of the T-Ho Tennessee facility, the letter…
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FDA Warning Letter: California Seafood Importer
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a formal warning letter June 17, 2015, regarding significant food safety violations to a seafood importer in South El Monte, a city in the San Gabriel Valley in California’s Los Angeles County. First Lotus Inc. was notified of violations involving Dried Fish…
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FDA Warning Letters: Drug Residues, HACCP Issues, Misbranding
Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warnings to a cattle operation, an auction facility, a seafood processing facility, and a Japanese producer of eel grilling sauce. In October 2014, South Central Livestock of Lewisburg, TN, sold a cow for slaughter as food that was found to…
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FDA Warning Letter Sent to PA Veal Calf Operation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) only published one food-related warning letter last week, and it dealt with illegal drug residues in veal calves. The letter was sent to Eric J. Pearson on Jan. 21 to inform him that his veal calf operation in Springville, PA, had violations of…
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FDA Warning Letters: Drug Residues Top List of Problems at Food Firms
Illegal drug residues in dairy cows slaughtered for meat were the main problem cited in recent warning letters from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to firms found in violation of regulations stipulated by the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act. Letters to four dairy producers warned that illegal levels…
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FDA Warning Letters: Seafood, Eggs, Canned Food and Ice Cream Production
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent warning letters to five food facilities last week. Valley Foods of Youngstown, OH, received a warning letter because it did not have a Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for tuna salad to control the food safety hazards of scombrotoxin (histamine)…
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Maintaining Seafood Temperatures During Transit Concerns FDA
Canned pasteurized crabmeat, smoked salmon, and caviar being produced by a Dallas seafood company are adulterated, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In an Oct. 10 warning letter, FDA’s Dallas district told the A.M. Wholesale Fish Co. that its seafood processing facility-doing business as the Syosset…
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