Yankee Fishermen’s Cooperative in Seabrook received two citations from the Food and Drug Administration during an inspection on March 11, according to data shown on the FDA’s website.
The inspection examined the following concerns:
- Food Composition, Standards, Labeling and Econ
- Foodborne Biological Hazards
According to the FDA website, the citations issued include:
- ‘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 confirm that workplaces and their products comply with FDA-related laws. Details of these inspections are made available to the public.
As noted on its site, the FDA is a federal agency tasked with overseeing the safety and quality of human and animal drugs, biological materials, 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.
