# FDA WARNING_LETTER - Livestock Nutrition Center - August 23, 2022

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> FDA WARNING_LETTER for Livestock Nutrition Center on August 23, 2022. Product: Food. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: WARNING_LETTER
- Company Name: Livestock Nutrition Center
- Inspection Date: 2022-08-23
- Product Type: Food
- Office Name: Division of Human and Animal Food Operations - West III
- Summary: On December 15, 2022, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Livestock Nutrition Center, LLC, following an inspection from August 18-23, 2022, at their Gonzales, TX, animal food manufacturing facility. The inspection was prompted by a Reportable Food Registry (RFR) report filed by the firm after a consumer complaint of multiple illnesses and deaths in a fallow deer herd. The deer consumed "HUGHESDEER16CPv3," a non-medicated deer feed, which third-party lab analysis and retention samples confirmed contained monensin sodium, a medicated feed ingredient toxic to deer.

The FDA found significant violations of Current Good Manufacturing Practice, Hazard Analysis, and Risk-Based Preventive Controls for Food for Animals (21 CFR Part 507), rendering products adulterated. Specifically, the firm failed to conduct a proper hazard analysis, not identifying cross-contamination risks from drugs like monensin at the receiving step. An incident on (b)(4) involved monensin-containing pellets being unloaded into a non-medicated ingredient tank, leading to the contaminated deer feed and subsequent recall. The firm's corrective actions, including changing to bagged medicated ingredients and a "Medicated Reconciliation Plan," were deemed inadequate due to a lack of updated hazard analysis and implementation documentation.

Additionally, the firm failed to identify and evaluate known hazards of fumonisin and deoxynivalenol (DON

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## Related Officers

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- [Maurice G. Janda](https://www.keypedia.com/people/maurice-g-janda/ed6f6c84-7028-46ee-97e9-0add37bde6dd)

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