FDA Warning Letters, 483s and Recalls: January 2019
Warning letters
A warning letter is FDA's formal notice that a firm has significant violations. Company names link to the letter on fda.gov. Tobacco retailer letters are counted above but not listed.
No warning letters outside tobacco are recorded for this month yet.
OAI inspections
OAI (Official Action Indicated) means FDA recommends regulatory and/or administrative action after the inspection. Facility names link to the facility's FDA record.
| Date | Facility | Product type | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2019 | Mighty Vapors, LLC | Tobacco | United States |
| Jan 31, 2019 | V8P Juice International, LLC | Tobacco | United States |
| Jan 29, 2019 | Pharmacy Resources Incorporated | Drugs | United States |
| Jan 28, 2019 | Pet Pharmacy NW LLC | Drugs | United States |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Lupin Limited | Drugs | India |
| Jan 25, 2019 | Opto-Pharm Pte Ltd. | Drugs | Singapore |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Complete Pharmacy And Medical Solutions, LLC. | Drugs | United States |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Tris Pharma Inc. | Drugs | United States |
| Jan 22, 2019 | PT. Primo Indo Ikan | Food/Cosmetics | Indonesia |
| Jan 18, 2019 | Deva Holding Anonim Sirketi - Cerkezkoy Subesi | Drugs | Turkey |
| Jan 11, 2019 | La Sonorense, Inc. | Food/Cosmetics | United States |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Comasphere LLC | Tobacco | United States |
| Jan 10, 2019 | Xi'an Livingbond Nonwoven Products Corp., Ltd. | Drugs | China |
Most-cited Form 483 sections
The CFR sections FDA investigators cited most often in inspections that ended this month.
| CFR section | Observation | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 21 CFR 123.6(b) | No HACCP plan | 18 |
| 21 CFR 123.11(b) | Sanitation monitoring documentation | 14 |
| 21 CFR 312.60 | Informed consent | 13 |
| 21 CFR 123.6(c)(1) | Food safety hazards | 11 |
| 21 CFR 123.6(c)(2) | Critical control points | 10 |
| 21 CFR 211.22(d) | Procedures not in writing, fully followed | 9 |
| 21 CFR 117.10 | Personnel | 8 |
| 21 CFR 211.192 | Written record of investigation incomplete | 8 |
| 21 CFR 117.80(c) | Process Control Measures | 7 |
| 21 CFR 117.130(a)(1) | Hazard Analysis - Identification of Hazard | 6 |
Class I recalls
Class I is FDA's most serious recall class: a reasonable chance the product causes serious health problems or death.
| Date | Firm | Product type | Reason |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 25, 2019 | Natures Rx | Drugs | Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA; FDA analysis found product to be tainted with undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil |
| Jan 25, 2019 | The Boston Smoked Fish Company LLC | Food | Low water phase salt. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 24, 2019 | Whole Foods Market | Food | Product potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Satur Farms LLC | Food | Product may be contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | Satur Farms LLC | Food | Product may be contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 23, 2019 | THRIVE MARKET | Food | Potential Listeria monocytogenes contamination. |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Jac Vandenberg Inc. | Food | Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Jac Vandenberg Inc. | Food | Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. |
| Jan 22, 2019 | Jac Vandenberg Inc. | Food | Product may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 17, 2019 | Medtronic Inc., Cardiac Rhythm And Heart Failure (CRHF) | Devices | A subset of Medtronic dual chamber pacemakers distributed worldwide between 10 March 2017 and 7 January 2019 under the brand names Adapta… |
| Jan 16, 2019 | Puratos Corporation | Food | Product contains undeclared milk. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 15, 2019 | Ottogi America Inc | Food | Undeclared allergen; egg. |
| Jan 11, 2019 | McCormick & Company, Inc. - Flavor Manufacturing Center | Food | Mojave Foods Corporation (subsidiary of McCormick) is initiating a voluntary recall of El Guapo Chile Habanero and Chili Pasilla-Ancho… |
| Jan 11, 2019 | McCormick & Company, Inc. - Flavor Manufacturing Center | Food | Mojave Foods Corporation (subsidiary of McCormick) is initiating a voluntary recall of El Guapo Chile Habanero and Chile Pasilla-Ancho… |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Happy Together, Inc. | Drugs | Marketed without an Approved NDA/ANDA; FDA analysis found product to be tainted with undeclared sildenafil and tadalafil |
| Jan 8, 2019 | Winter Gardens Quality Foods, Inc. | Food | Products potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 7, 2019 | Pizza Blends, LLC | Food | The firm received an ingredient from their supplier that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
| Jan 4, 2019 | Diamond Crystal Brands, Inc. | Food | Recalled products were manufactured with an ingredient that is potentially contaminated with Salmonella. |
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