Musco Food Corp – FDA Warning Letter, Apr 11, 2011

On March 25, 2011, through April 11, 2011, the FDA inspected Musco Food Corporation's seafood processing and importer establishment at 57-01 49th Place, Maspeth, NY. The inspection revealed serious violations of the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation (21 CFR Part 123) and the Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation (21 CFR Part 110).

The FDA determined that Musco Food Corp.'s refrigerated cooked ready-to-eat marinated anchovies in sunflower oil, refrigerated cooked ready-to-eat seafood salad in sunflower oil, and refrigerated cooked ready-to-eat octopus salad in sunflower oil were adulterated under Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. § 342(a)(4)) because they were prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions.

Specific violations included: 1. Failure to have and implement a written HACCP plan for refrigerated cooked ready-to-eat marinated anchovies in sunflower oil to control histamine and pathogen growth, including *Clostridium botulinum*. 2. Failure to have and implement a written HACCP plan for refrigerated cooked ready-to-eat seafood salad in sunflower oil and octopus salad in sunflower oil to control pathogen growth, including *