FDA 483 - Darling Ingredients Inc - April 22, 2019

Valley Proteins, Inc. in Winchester, VA, a renderer of animal food ingredients, was cited for significant deficiencies in its food safety plan and preventive controls. The firm failed to identify and control the chemical hazard of pentobarbital, leading to the distribution of adulterated product and a failure to initiate a recall. Additionally, the inspection revealed inadequate process controls for microbial hazards and a failure to reanalyze the food safety plan after discovering pentobarbital contamination.