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Enforcement Actions for Food Safety Violations
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ordered shutdowns of several
operations that produce seafood and one that makes cream cheese.
Smoked Seafood Products
On May 16, 2008, FDA directed Hope Food Supply Inc. in Pasadena, Texas,
to shut down and immediately recall all products manufactured from its
Texas facility since 2007. The company's products have been distributed
nationwide.
The company, under a different name, had manufactured dried smoked
catfish steaks and other smoked seafood products. The firm cannot restart
manufacturing until it has implemented an FDA-approved plan that
identifies safety hazards for its fish and fishery products, and sets
forth preventive measures to control those hazards.
Without adequate controls, Hope Food Supply's seafood products could
harbor dangerous bacteria that can cause serious illness.
Advice for consumers:
If you bought smoked seafood products, check with the place of purchase
to determine if the products came from Hope Food Supply. If so, throw the
products out by placing them in a trash receptacle.
If you or your family have eaten Hope Food Supply's dried smoked catfish
or other smoked seafood products and have experienced bad reactions,
contact your health care professional.
Report any bad reactions to an FDA consumer complaint coordinator in your
geographic area. (See phone numbers at
www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/complain.html.)
Cream Cheese and Seafood
On May 15, 2008, FDA announced that Lifeway Foods Inc. and its
subsidiary, LFI Enterprises Inc., both Illinois companies, are shut down
until they are found compliant with food safety laws. A consent decree of
permanent injunction halts cream cheese and seafood processing in
facilities in Skokie, Ill., and Philadelphia, Pa.
The companies processed and distributed seafood without adequate plans to
ensure safe and sanitary processing, and distributed cream cheese
products with inadequate labels. This includes labels that did not list
major food allergens.
Under the consent decree, operations may resume only after FDA determines
that the companies have come into full compliance will all food safety
requirements. The decree does not include other products manufactured by
Lifeway including kefir, Farmers cheese, and spreadable cheese products.
For More Information
FDA Toll-Free Food Safety Hotline
1-888-SAFEFOOD
FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires Products Be Recalled
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01836.html
FDA Takes Action Against Cream Cheese Companies, Executives
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01835.html
Date Posted: May 28, 2008
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