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There was one company in a city associated with Lee 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 increase over the number of companies cited in the previous year.

The citations in the county include:

• You do not have a written HACCP plan that outlines controls for a food safety hazard that is reasonably likely to occur.
• Your HACCP plan was not signed and dated upon initial acceptance, upon modification and at least annually.
• You are not maintaining sanitation control records that document monitoring and corrections of sanitation deficiencies for safety of water that comes into contact with food or food contact surfaces, including water used to manufacture ice, condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces, prevention of cross-contamination from insanitary objects, protection of food, food packaging material, and food contact surfaces from adulteration and proper labeling, storage and use of toxic chemicals.

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
Quality Fisheries	Food and Cosmetics	02/09/2023	No HACCP plan
Quality Fisheries	Food and Cosmetics	02/09/2023	Signed and dated
Quality Fisheries	Food and Cosmetics	02/09/2023	Sanitation Records