FDA 483 - Taylor Farms Colorado, Inc. - November 12, 2024

Taylor Farms Colorado, Inc. in Colorado Springs was cited for significant deficiencies in its sanitation preventive controls for ready-to-eat produce, including inadequate hazard analysis, monitoring, corrective actions, and verification procedures. Inspectors found widespread environmental pathogen contamination (Listeria spp.), biofilm, food debris on equipment, and poor employee hygiene practices. Additionally, the firm lacked essential sanitation control records and failed to operate under conditions that minimize food contamination, such as improper sanitizing and undocumented chemical mixing.