# FDA WARNING_LETTER - El Gordo Spices, LLC - July 15, 2022

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> FDA WARNING_LETTER for El Gordo Spices, LLC on July 15, 2022. Product: Food. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: WARNING_LETTER
- Company Name: El Gordo Spices, LLC
- Inspection Date: 2022-07-15
- Product Type: Food
- Office Name: Division of Human and Animal Food Operations - West III
- Summary: On September 30, 2022, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to a facility in Dallas, TX, following an inspection from July 7-15, 2022. The inspection revealed serious violations of the Seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation (21 CFR Part 123) and the Food Labeling regulation (21 CFR Part 101).

The facility's shelf-stable ready-to-eat (RTE) Whole Dried Shrimp and Ground Dried Shrimp were deemed adulterated because they were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions. The Seafood HACCP plan for these products failed to list allergens (shrimp) as a reasonably likely food safety hazard and lacked an allergen program. Additionally, the firm did not take appropriate corrective action when a deviation from the critical limit for sulfiting agents occurred at the receiving product critical control point for RTE Whole Dried Shrimp, and could not provide testing results for sulfiting agents.

Furthermore, several products (Ground Dried Shrimp, Whole Dried Shrimp, Sesame Seeds, Textured Soybeans, Ground Cumin, and Whole Bay Leaves) were found to be misbranded. Specifically, Ground Dried Shrimp, Whole Dried Shrimp, Sesame Seeds, and Textured Soybeans lacked required nutrition information. All listed misbranded products with bilingual labels failed to repeat all required information in both languages (e.g., net weight, ingredient statements). Ground Dried Shrimp was also misbranded

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