During a March 17 visit, H & L Wholesale Food Corporation in Pico Rivera was issued six citations by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Foodborne Biological Hazards, according to information published on the FDA’s website.
According to the FDA website, the company was cited for the following reasons:
- ‘Your hazard analysis did not identify a hazard that requires a control.’
- ‘You did not document that you conducted an evaluation or reviewed and assessed an evaluation conducted by another entity to determine a foreign supplier’s performance and the risk posed by a food.’
- ‘You did not establish written procedures to ensure that you import foods only from approved foreign suppliers.’
- ‘You did not establish written procedures for ensuring that appropriate foreign supplier verification activities are conducted with respect to a food you import.’
- ‘You did not determine and document the frequency of conducting the verification activities to provide adequate assurances that a food you obtain from a foreign supplier is produced in compliance with processes and procedures that provide the required level of public health protection.’
- ‘You did not conduct and document or obtain documentation of one or more supplier verification activities before importing the food into the United States.’
The FDA regularly inspects facilities throughout the country to determine whether workplaces and their products comply with FDA-regulated laws and regulations aimed at enhancing public health. The agency publishes inspection outcomes for public access.
As detailed on its website, the FDA is the federal agency tasked with overseeing the safety and quality of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies, and tobacco products.
Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The source data can be found here.
