During a March 17 inspection for foodborne biological hazards, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued five violations to Masterpiece JP, Inc. in Torrance, according to data released on the FDA’s website.
The company’s violations, as listed by the FDA website, include the following:
- ‘You did not develop an FSVP.’
- ‘Your hazard analysis did not identify a hazard that requires a control.’
- ‘You did not document.’
- ‘Your foreign supplier verification activities did not provide assurance that the hazards requiring a control in the food you import have been significantly minimized or prevented.’
- ‘Your verification activity did not address the entity that is significantly minimizing or preventing the hazards or verifying that the hazards have been significantly minimized or prevented.’
The FDA conducts regular inspections nationwide to confirm that facilities and their products comply with FDA laws and regulations established to protect public health. These inspection outcomes are made available to the public.
According to its website, the FDA is a federal agency with primary responsibility for overseeing the safety and quality of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical devices and tobacco products.
Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The source data can be found here.
