FDA seizes contaminated food in Tennessee food processor
January 6, 2010
The Associated Press reports that the Food
and Drug Administration has seized more than $1 million of food from a
rodent-infested food processor and warehouse in Tennessee. Won Feng Trading
Co., a Nashville distributor of bulk restaurant foods, received a warning
letter from the agency in May, citing numerous deviations from good
manufacturing practices. In a follow-up inspection completed in November, FDA
investigators found evidence of widespread rodent infestation. They also
observed insect filth and live birds in the building and found that the
building had defects that could allow pests to enter food storage areas. The
FDA said there have been no reports of illness resulting from contamination at
the warehouse.