South Jersey Sun

There was one company in a city associated with Salem County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county over the first quarter of 2024, 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 quarter.

The citations in the county include:

• You did not follow written procedures for maintaining, cleaning, and sanitizing, equipment, utensils, and any other contact surfaces that are used to manufacture, package, label, or hold components or dietary supplements.
• You did not clean and sanitize equipment and utensils used to manufacture, package, label, or hold components or dietary supplements.
• You did not have records or copies of records required for equipment and utensils readily available during the required retention period for inspection and copying by FDA when requested.

The company cited had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions.

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
SALEM Botanicals Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	01/29/2024	Procedures - equipment - cleaning, sanitizing
SALEM Botanicals Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	01/29/2024	Equipment - maintain, clean, sanitize
SALEM Botanicals Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	01/29/2024	Records - equipment, utensils: readily available
SALEM Botanicals Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	01/29/2024	Specifications-component purity, strength, composition
SALEM Botanicals Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	01/29/2024	Specifications met - verify; finished batch
SALEM Botanicals Corporation	Food and Cosmetics	01/29/2024	Reserve sample - collect, hold