FDA issued 4 citations in cities across Howard County in November

There was one company in a city associated with Howard County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county in November, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is unchanged from the number of companies cited in the previous month.

The citations in the county include:

• Your hazard analysis did not identify a hazard that requires a control.
• You did not document that you approved a foreign supplier based on an evaluation that you conducted of the foreign supplier’s performance and the risk posed by a food or based on a review and assessment of another entity’s evaluation of a foreign supplier’s performance and the risk posed by a food.
• You did not determine and document which verification activity or activities were needed 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.

The company cited should take a voluntary action to correct its managing operations.

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplace and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly.

According to its website, the FDA is a government agency that is primarily responsible for monitoring the production and distribution of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies and tobacco products for safety and quality.