A complaint filed in the US District Court for the Central District of California, alleges that Meiko Foods manufactures and packages ready-to-eat seafood, including cooked seafood balls and fried fish cakes, without having a HACCP plan in place, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
FDA’s HACCP regulations require commercial processors of fish and fishery products to conduct a hazard analysis to determine whether there are potential food safety hazards, and to identify and develop preventive measures to control those hazards.
Dara Corrigan, the FDA’s associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, said: “Meiko Foods cannot continue to ignore FDA warnings. A HACCP plan is an important tool ensuring that a company is taking proactive steps to protect the public’s health and reduce food-borne outbreaks.”
The FDA issued a warning letter to Meiko Food on 3 November 2010 for not having a HACCP plan in place. A subsequent FDA inspection conducted between April and May 2011 revealed that the firm did not correct the deviations cited in the November 2010 warning letter, including significant HACCP deviations.
Source: FDA
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