FDA WARNING_LETTER - David T Phillips - March 07, 2014

On February 28, March 5 and 7, 2014, the FDA inspected David T. Phillips' beef raising operation in Midway, Kentucky. The inspection revealed violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Specifically, a bull transported for slaughter on December 17, 2013, and slaughtered on December 19, 2013, was found to contain illegal drug residues. USDA/FSIS analysis identified Oxytetracycline in muscle (3.65 ppm vs. 2 ppm tolerance) and kidney (12.67 ppm vs. 12 ppm tolerance), Florfenicol in muscle (0.69 ppm vs. 0.3 ppm tolerance) and liver (5.85 ppm vs. 3.7 ppm tolerance), Ciprofloxacin in kidney (no established tolerance, not quantified), and Flunixin in liver (1.22 ppm vs. 0.125 ppm tolerance). These levels caused the food to be adulterated under section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the FD&C Act.

The operation also held animals under insanitary conditions, leading to adulterated food under section 402(a)(4) of the FD&C Act. Deficiencies included failure to maintain treatment records, segregate treated animals, control drug inventory, and dispose of expired drugs.

Furthermore, on December