FDA 483 - Xinghua Lianfu Food Co., Ltd. - March 09, 2023

An FDA inspection of Xinghua Lianfu Food Co., Ltd. in Xinghua, China, revealed significant deficiencies in their food safety plan, particularly concerning the hazard analysis for ready-to-eat dehydrated carrot powder. The firm failed to identify environmental pathogen recontamination as a hazard requiring a sanitation preventive control. This was compounded by inadequate sanitation procedures, lack of monitoring records, falsification of records, and poorly maintained direct food contact surfaces, including a repeat observation from 2016.