Xinghua Lianfu Food Co., Ltd. – FDA 483, Mar 9, 2023

An FDA inspection of Xinghua Lianfu Food Co., Ltd. in Xinghua, China, revealed significant deficiencies in their food safety plan, particularly concerning the hazard analysis for ready-to-eat dehydrated carrot powder. The firm failed to identify environmental pathogen recontamination as a hazard requiring a sanitation preventive control. This was compounded by inadequate sanitation procedures, lack of monitoring records, falsification of records, and poorly maintained direct food contact surfaces, including a repeat observation from 2016.