FDA 483 - Fresh & Ready Foods LLC - April 15, 2025

Fresh & Ready Foods LLC in San Fernando, CA, received an FDA Form 483 for significant food safety deficiencies, including a failure to identify sanitation preventive controls for environmental pathogens like Listeria monocytogenes. The firm also had inadequate process preventive controls for metal detection and an incomplete hazard analysis for incoming ingredients. Additionally, sanitation conditions and practices, including water safety, were not monitored with sufficient frequency.