A food firm in Michigan is on notice from the FDA for serious violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Human Food regulation.
The inspection revealed that ready-to-eat pretzels manufactured in the facility are adulterated, in that they were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health.
In a March 28, 2023, warning letter, the FDA described an Aug. 9 through Sept. 2, 2022, FDA inspection of Pop Daddy Popcorn LLC’s manufacturing facility in Whitmore Lake, MI.
The FDA’s inspection revealed that the firm was not in compliance with regulations and resulted in the issuance of an FDA Form 483.Â
The FDA notes that on the following two separate instances during the inspection their employees were observed touching non-food-contact surfaces before directly handling food and/or food-contact surfaces, without washing/sanitizing their hands or changing their gloves.
i. During production of (redacted) Garlic Parmesan pretzels on the (redacted) line, an employee was observed to touch an electrical control panel (which is not cleaned between production runs within a production day), dump a tumbler filled with RTE seasoned pretzels into a plastic bucket, scoop a handful of these seasoned pretzels from the bucket with their gloved hand, and place them back into the tumbler.
The same employee then proceeded to open a box of pretzels including the interior bag and scoop those pretzels with a gloved hand into a plastic pitcher before placing those pretzels into the tumbler.
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