The Food and Drug Administration cited Taharka Brother’s Ice Cream Corporation in Baltimore with 10 violations after an inspection conducted March 13, according to figures published on the FDA’s website.
Inspectors evaluated multiple aspects of the facility, including:
- Food Composition, Standards, Labeling and Econ
- Foodborne Biological Hazards
The FDA’s posting indicates that the company was cited for the following infractions:
- ‘You did not take a reasonable measure or precaution related to personnel practices.’
- ‘You did not keep the grounds around your plant in a condition that would protect against the contamination of food.’
- ‘You did not maintain your plant in a clean and sanitary condition and in adequate repair.’
- ‘You did not exclude pests from your food plant to protect against contamination of food.’
- ‘Your equipment and utensils were not designed and constructed to be adequately cleaned or maintained to protect against allergen cross-contact and contamination.’
- ‘Your hazard analysis did not identify a hazard that required a preventive control.’
- ‘Your written process preventive control, monitoring, corrective action and verification procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.’
- ‘Your written allergen procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.’
- ‘Your written sanitation procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.’
- ‘You did not establish a written supply-chain program.’
The FDA conducts routine inspections nationwide to assess whether businesses and their products are in accordance with federal laws intended to protect public health. Findings are made publicly available by the agency.
As described on its website, the FDA is charged with regulating the safety and quality of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical devices, and tobacco items in the United States.
Information for this story was sourced from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The underlying data is accessible here.
