Howard County News

There were seven companies in cities associated with Howard County, Maryland, that received seven FDA inspections in the third quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 75% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when four companies received four inspections.

Most of the companies inspected at the time were involved in the Food and Cosmetics sector. The second most common type of company inspected worked in the Biologics sector.

There were three companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. Four should take voluntary action to correct their management 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.

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 quality, according to its website.

Company Name	Area of Business	Inspection Date	Result
Advarra IRB	Biologics	09/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Advarra IRB	Devices	09/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Advarra IRB	Drugs	09/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
C. P. Food Products, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	09/29/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Eastland Food Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	09/22/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Hi-Tel Enterprise, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	09/28/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Osiris Therapeutics, Inc.	Biologics	08/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Sapna Foods, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	09/19/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Triangle Quality Foods, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	08/01/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)