The Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction as part of its enforcement activities. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters.
Warning letters often are not issued until a company has been given months to years to correct problems. The U.S.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently issued warning letters to two companies, Choo’s Enterprises Ltd. and J. Moniz Company Inc.
, for significant violations of U.S. food safety regulations concerning acidified foods and seafood imports, respectively.
Choo’s Enterprises Ltd. Saint Michael, Barbados On June 3, the FDA sent a warning letter to Choo’s Enterprises Ltd. in Barbados following an inspection of their low-acid and acidified food facility.
The inspection, which took place March 4-6, revealed violations of the FDA’s Emergency Permit Control and Acidified Foods regulations. The FDA noted that the company had failed to submit scheduled process information for several of its acidified food products, such as Mauby Syrup and Ginger Beer Syrup, as required by law. Without this information, the products cannot be legally offered for sale in the U.
S. Additionally, the FDA found that Choo’s Enterprises’ staff involved in food processing were not supervised by someone trained in acidification, a critical requirement for ensuring product safety. Choo’s Enterprises responded i.