North Country Leader

George Braun Oyster Co., Inc. in Cutchogue, New York was inspected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 3 for foodborne biological hazards and received seven citations, according to data posted on the FDA’s official website.

The FDA website indicates that the citations were delivered to the company as follows:

'You did not implement the monitoring, recordkeeping and verification procedures listed in your HACCP plan.'

'Your HACCP plan does not list a critical limit that ensures control of one or more hazards and lists a critical limit that does not ensure control of one or more hazards.'

'Your HACCP plan lists monitoring procedures and frequencies that do not ensure compliance with the critical limit.'

'Your HACCP plan includes a corrective action plan that is not in accordance with 21 CFR 123.7(b) to ensure affected product is not entered into commerce and the cause of the deviation was corrected.'

'Your HACCP plan lists verification procedures that have not been developed in accordance with 21 CFR 123.8(a) to ensure that your HACCP plan is adequate to control food safety hazards, and is being effectively implemented.'

'You did not review your critical control point monitoring and calibration records within one week and within a reasonable time after the records were made.'

'You are not monitoring the sanitation conditions and practices with sufficient frequency to assure conformance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices including condition and cleanliness of food contact surfaces.'

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplaces and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly for businesses to consistently make smarter business decisions for the future.

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