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. FDA WarningThe 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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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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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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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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