The Food and Drug Administration cited Tepeyac Produce, Inc. in Rio Rico for one violation related to Foodborne Biological Hazards during an inspection conducted April 22, according to information available from the FDA’s website.
As detailed on the FDA website, the violation was issued for: ‘For a food that may contain a hazard that will be controlled by the foreign supplier and is one for which there is a reasonable probability that exposure to the hazard will result in serious adverse health consequences or death to humans or animals, you did not conduct and document or obtain documentation of an onsite audit of the foreign supplier.’
The FDA regularly inspects facilities around the country to assess whether workplaces and their products comply with laws and regulations enforced by the agency to protect overall public health. Inspection outcomes are made available to the public.
As described on its website, the FDA is a federal agency tasked primarily with overseeing the safety and quality of human and animal drugs, vaccines, medical products and tobacco goods.
Information in this article was obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The source data can be found here.
