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FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires
Products Be Recalled 5-19-08
Failure to follow consent decree drives action
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today directed Hope Food Supply Inc., a
Pasadena, Texas, food processing company, to shut down and immediately recall
all products manufactured from its Texas facility since 2007.
The company, under a different name, had manufactured dried smoked catfish
steaks and other smoked seafood products and had been subject to a consent
decree of permanent injunction requiring it to develop and implement an adequate
Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for its fish and fishery
products. The firm had not developed this plan. The company cannot restart
manufacturing until they have implemented an FDA-approved HACCP plan.
"We simply will not allow a company to put the public's health at risk by not
implementing adequate procedures and plans to produce safe food," said Margaret
O'K. Glavin, associate commissioner for regulatory affairs. "The FDA will take
action against companies and against their executives who violate the law and
endanger public health."
The FDA's HACCP regulations require that all seafood processors develop and
implement adequate HACCP plans that identify all food safety hazards that are
likely to occur for each kind of seafood product that they process, and set
forth preventative measures to control those hazards.
The HACCP violations documented by the FDA pose a public health hazard because,
without adequate controls, Hope Food Supply's seafood products could harbor
pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes.
Food products with these kinds of pathogens can cause serious illnesses in
people who eat them.
The company's products have been distributed nationwide. The FDA is advising
consumers who bought smoked seafood products to check with the place of purchase
to determine if the products came from Hope Foods. If so, consumers should throw
the products out by placing them in a trash receptacle.
Consumers who have been eating Hope Seafood Supply's dried smoked catfish or
other smoked seafood products and have experienced adverse reactions should
consult their health care professional. Consumers and health care professionals
can also report adverse events to the FDA consumer complaint coordinator in
their geographic area. Contact numbers may be found online at www.fda.gov/opacom/backgrounders/complain.html.
For more information, consumers can call the FDA's toll-free Food Safety Hotline
at 1-888-SAFEFOOD.
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