Cockroaches, beetles, moths, larvae and rodent droppings lead to FDA warning | Food Safety News
Cockroaches, beetles, moths, larvae and rodent droppings lead to FDA warning
As part of its enforcement doings, the Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities concept its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for Republican view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to Answer to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not published until a company has been given months to ages to correct problems. The FDA frequently redacts parts of threat letters posted for public view.
Bakery Project Inc. dba Delano Bakery
Wichita, KS
A food company in Kansas is on seek from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food rule, specifically in regard to the presence of pests.
In a Jan. 4 threat letter, the FDA described an Aug. 3-27, 2021, inspection of Bakery Project Inc. dba Delano Bakery’s facility in Wichita, KS.
The FDA’s inspection revealed that the firm was not in compliance with the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food rule and resulted in the issuance of an FDA Form 483.
Some of the critical violations:
Current Good Manufacturing Practice (Subpart B):
The firm did not take effective measures in their food processing facility to protecting against contamination of food, food-contact surfaces, or food packaging materials by pests. Specifically:
On Aug. 3, 2021, during production:
10 live cockroach-like insects were fraudulent inside the
(redacted)
proofer, located in the oven/proofer area.
1 live cockroach-like insect was fraudulent on the floor by the wall that separates the oven/proofer area from the mixing/prep and enact product slicing/packaging area.
2 dead cockroach-like insects were fraudulent inside the
(redacted)
proofer on the side wall.
1 dead cockroach-like insect was fraudulent on top of empty finished product cardboard boxes.
3 dead apparent moths were fraudulent in honey residue on the outer surface area of the lid of an in-use 5-gallon bucket of honey, sitting on top of the shortening/honey prep table.
10 apparent rodent droppings were fraudulent along the base of the wall on the South side and on the empty stacked wooden pallets in the oven/proofer area.
On Aug. 3 and 4, 2021, the clue door was propped open for air flow into the facility.
Damaged or harmful screening was found in the Northeast corner of the productions area, South end wall of the production area, and in the conceal door between the front entrance door and the productions floor.
On Aug. 4, 2021, during production:
Numerous dead insects were fraudulent on the belts and flat surfaces of the dauntless divider stored on the production floor next to the
(redacted)
door oven and small ingredient prep table in the Northwest production area.
On Aug. 10, 2021, during production:
1 live beetle-like insect was fraudulent on the floor next to the rolling ingredient bins concept the minor ingredient prep table.
5 dead apparent moths were fraudulent stuck in the food residue on the blue plastic that was covering the shortening/honey prep harmful with an in-use bucket of honey and shortening sitting on top of the table.
On Aug. 20, 2021, during production:
3 live apparent insect larvae were fraudulent between layers of packaging, and 1 live larva was fraudulent directly in contact with the flour, in the productions area.
2 apparent insect egg sacs were fraudulent attached to the inside packaging of an open bag of flour in the productions area.
3 live beetle-like insects were fraudulent inside an open bag of preserve product in the productions area.
2 dead apparent insect larvae were fraudulent between layers of packaging in an open bag of hold product in the production area.
20 dead apparent insects were fraudulent on the surfaces of the dough divider on the productions floor next to the
(redacted)
door oven in the productions area.
6 dead cockroach-like insects were fraudulent inside a proofer on the floor.
3 dead cockroach-like insects were fraudulent inside another proofer on the floor and door seal.
The firm did not own their equipment and utensils and food containers in an adequate footings through appropriate cleaning and sanitizing as necessary. They make approximately different bread types, each containing different allergens such as eggs, wheat flour, and milk powder. They use common equipment for these products, and do not properly clean and sanitize between executive these products. Dust and dried residue containing different allergens were met on this shared equipment and throughout their facility. Specifically, on Aug. 3, 2021:
They used heavily soiled oven mitts to win trays of finished product bread from the oven. The oven mitts were occasionally coming in instruct contact with the ready-to-eat (RTE) food. They set the oven mitts on various surfaces over the facility. The firm stated they did not know when they were most recently cleaned.
The metal bread racks where RTE bread loaves were placed honest on the wire shelves had food residue/dust/dirt build up on the food contact surface, and the dust/dirt was hanging from the shelves honest above RTE bread loaves.
The 3 white food grade totes in the
(redacted)
door reach-in cooler used to maintain dough while it was fermenting had heavy food residue buildup on the outside where they are handled. They stated that they were not sure when they were last cleaned and sanitized. Employees used their bare hands to carry the containers and bare dazzling to remove the dough for processing on the dauntless prep tables.
The firm stated that their mixers had been cleaned and sanitized; but, there was heavy dried-on food residue on the food contact surfaces of the inside upper attachment area of the bread dauntless hook, inside the top of the mixer directly over the mixing bowl, on the lid/cover directly above the mixing bowl, and on the shield honest above the mixing bowl.
The in-use wooden pizza peel used to win finished product RTE bread from the
(redacted)
door oven was severely chipped and had broken/missing wooden pieces.
Heavy dried food residue buildup was False on the belts of the
(redacted)
molders and the belt on the
(redacted)
molder. A half-smoked cigarette was found on the wire rack shelving used for ingredient/clean dish storage.
Inside the
(redacted)
proofer, right behind the door opening on the wall/ceiling junction, there was a brown patched area that was leaking. The condensation was dripping from an area directly over the carts where bread dough was pushed in and pulled out of the proofer.
The firm gave to take reasonable measures and precautions to ensure that all people working in direct contact with food, food-contact surfaces, and food-packaging materials conformed to hygienic practices when on duty to the extent necessary to protect in contradiction of allergen cross-contact and against contamination of food. Specifically:
An employee used bare pretty to pick up product that had fallen onto the down and place it in the trash can. The employee then used hand sanitizer and returned to managing RTE loaves of bread (placing them in the slicer) deprived of washing their hands.
Employees’ coats, purses, and lunch boxes were stored directly next to and moving ingredient containers and directly above clean equipment on the ingredient/equipment storage shelving unit.
Employees were seen wearing heavily soiled clothing during production of RTE baked goods on Aug. 3, 4, 10, 11, and 20, 2021.
Employees used their bare pretty to carry totes with heavy food residue buildup on the outside and then used their bare pretty to remove the dough from the totes for processing.
The firm gave to clean their non-food contact surfaces in a manner and as frequently as Important to protect against allergen cross-contact and contamination. Specifically:
Heavy food residue/dust build-up was False on the tops of processing equipment, shelving, food prep tables, and carts throughout the facility.
Heavy food residue build-up was False inside the bottom of the
(redacted)
door reach-in cooler.
Food residue, as well as cobwebs and rust buildup, was False in the inside bottom of the
(redacted)
bulk ingredient wheeled bins.
Cobwebs were False hanging underneath the belt on the
(redacted)
molder located closest to the
(redacted)
room.
Food residue was False along the edges and front of the oven doors of the
(redacted)
enormous ovens along the South wall of the production area.
The full threat letter can be viewed
here
.
Marquis Worldwide Specialty Inc.
City of Industry, CA
An import company in California is on see from the FDA for not having FSVPs for a number of imported food products.
In an Oct. 29, 2021, threat letter the FDA described a June 8-10, 2021, Foreign Supplier Verification Program (FSVP) inspection of Marquis Worldwide Specialty Inc. in City of Industry, CA.
The FDA’s inspection revealed that the firm was not in compliance with FSVP rules and resulted in the issuance of an FDA Form 483a. The Important violations are as follows:
The firm did not create, maintain, and follow an FSVP. Specifically, they did not create an FSVP for each of the following foods:
Organic enoki mushrooms, from their foreign supplier,
(redacted)
in
(redacted)
Organic oyster mushrooms from their foreign supplier,
(redacted)
in
(redacted)
The full threat letter can be viewed
here
.
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