Tulare Times

There was one company in a city associated with Tulare County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county throughout 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is an 85.7% decrease from the number of companies cited in the previous year.

The citations in the county include:

• You do not correct deficiencies from good manufacturing practice in a timely manner.
• Your verification activities do not include, at a minimum, calibration of process monitoring instruments and review of critical control point monitoring, corrective action, and calibration records to ensure that your HACCP system is being properly implemented.
• Your review of critical control point monitoring records and calibration records are not signed and dated by an individual who is trained in the application of HACCP principles to juice processing or otherwise qualified through job experience.

The company cited was involved in the Food and Cosmetics and Veterinary sectors.

The company cited should take a voluntary action to correct its managing operations.

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplace and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly.

The FDA is a government agency that is primarily responsible for monitoring the production and distribution of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies and tobacco products for safety quality, according to its website.

Company Name	Area of Business	Inspection Date	Issue Cited
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	07/21/2023	GMP correction - timely
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	07/21/2023	Verification activities - minimum
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	07/21/2023	Records - not signed and dated by qualified individual
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	07/21/2023	HACCP plan - not validated
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Veterinary	07/21/2023	GMP correction - timely
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Veterinary	07/21/2023	Verification activities - minimum
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Veterinary	07/21/2023	Records - not signed and dated by qualified individual
Ventura Coastal, LLC	Veterinary	07/21/2023	HACCP plan - not validated