Kashmir Crown Baking LLC – FDA Warning Letter, Jul 29, 2010

This Warning Letter, 11-NWJ-02, dated July 23, 2010, was issued to Kashmir Crown Baking LLC following an inspection from July 23-29, 2010, at their bakery in Linden, New Jersey. The inspection identified Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) violations under 21 CFR Part 110, rendering their food products adulterated per Section 402(a)(4) of the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act [21 U.S.C. 342(a)(4)] due to insanitary conditions.

Violations include: 1. **Failure to protect against contamination (21 CFR 110.80(a)(1)):** Uncovered cream buckets on the ground in a walk-in refrigerator, one containing food debris. 2. **Failure to clean and sanitize food-contact surfaces (21 CFR 110.35(d)):** Slicing machine blades not cleaned/sanitized between different product runs. 3. **Inadequate hand-washing facilities (21 CFR 110.37(e)):** No hot water or functional hand-drying in the Mixing Area hand-wash sink. 4. **Improper employee hand-washing (21 CFR 110.10(b)(3)):** Employees