How many companies in cities across Montgomery County received FDA citations in 2024?

There were four companies in cities associated with Montgomery County that received FDA citations as a result of four inspections conducted in the county throughout 2024, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 33.3% increase over the number of companies cited in the previous year.

The citations in the county include:

• You did not exclude pests from your food plant to protect against contamination of food.
• You did not identify and evaluate each known or reasonably foreseeable hazard for each type of animal food you manufacture, process, pack or hold in your facility.
• Your process controls did not include procedures, practices, and/or processes that ensure the control of parameters during operations to significantly minimize or prevent hazards.

All of the companies cited were involved in either Food and Cosmetics or Veterinary sectors.

All of the companies cited should take voluntary actions to correct their 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.

According to its website, 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.