FDA Threatens Thai Fish Processor & Italian Cheese Manuf. w/ Import Refusal

The Food and Drug Administration threatened to place a Thai fish processor and an Italian cheese manufacturer on import alert for violations of FDA regulations, in two separate warning letters to the firms. The FDA found that Thai fish processor Kuang Pei San Food Products committed violations of the the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations (here), and that Italian cheese manufacturer Caseificio Sociale Manciano committed violations of the Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) for food regulations (here). FDA gave each firm 15 working days to respond to the allegations.