# FDA 483 - Post Brands Pet Care, LLC - January 09, 2020

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> FDA 483 for Post Brands Pet Care, LLC on January 09, 2020. Product: Food. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: 483
- Company Name: Post Brands Pet Care, LLC
- Inspection Date: 2020-01-09
- Product Type: Food
- Office Name: Philadelphia District Office
- Summary: This FDA Form 483 was issued to J.M. Smucker Pet, LLC, located at 6670 Low St, Bloomsburg, PA, 17815-8613, following an inspection from December 16, 2019, to January 9, 2020. The firm is identified as a Pet Food/LACF Processor, and the report was issued to James Allen Tart, Senior Director of Operations.

Three observations were noted:

1.  **Failure to identify and implement preventive controls:** The firm did not implement preventive controls outlined in its Food Safety Plan for the hazard of Nutrient Toxicity, which was identified as a process control hazard for canned cat and dog foods. This includes Special Kitty brand Mixed Grill Pate lot # 92630830B produced on September 20, 2019. This is a repeat observation from an inspection on March 15, 2019.
2.  **Inadequate process controls:** The firm's process controls lacked procedures, practices, and/or processes to ensure the control of parameters during operations to significantly minimize or prevent hazards. Specifically, while metal detectors are used on the dry product line to control metal hazards, the monitoring procedure for the metal detector was found to be inadequate, despite validation performed by (b)(4). This is also a repeat observation from the March 15,

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