The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cited Yankee Fishermen’s Cooperative in Seabrook for two violations following a March 11 inspection, data from the FDA’s website show.
Areas evaluated during the inspection included:
- Food Composition, Standards, Labeling and Econ
- Foodborne Biological Hazards
Per the FDA’s website, the cooperative received the following citations:
- ‘You do not have a written HACCP plan that outlines controls for a food safety hazard that is reasonably likely to occur.’
- ‘You are not maintaining sanitation control records that document monitoring and corrections of sanitation deficiencies for safety of water that comes into contact with food or food contact surfaces, including water used to manufacture ice, condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces, prevention of cross-contamination from insanitary objects, maintenance of hand washing, hand sanitizing, and toilet facilities, protection of food, food packaging material, and food contact surfaces from adulteration, proper labeling, storage and use of toxic chemicals, control of employee health conditions and exclusion of pests.’
The FDA regularly inspects facilities nationwide to assess whether workplaces and their products adhere to federal laws and regulations enforced to protect public health. Inspection outcomes are made publicly accessible.
According to the FDA’s website, the agency oversees the safety and quality of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies, and tobacco products.
Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The source data can be found here.
