Poeppelman Pork LLC – FDA Warning Letter, Nov 10, 2014

On November 5 and 10, 2014, the FDA investigated Poeppelman Pork, LLC's swine farm. The investigation revealed violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Specifically, on February 13, 2014, Poeppelman Pork sold a sow for slaughter that was found to have penicillin residues in its kidney, for which FDA has no established tolerance (21 C.F.R. 556.110). This renders the food adulterated under section 402(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the FD&C Act.

Furthermore, the investigation found that the farm failed to maintain complete treatment records, indicating insanitary conditions where medicated animals with harmful drug residues could enter the food supply, adulterating food under section 402(a)(4) of the FD&C Act.

Poeppelman Pork also adulterated the new animal drug Agri-Cillin by using it extralabelly without the supervision of a licensed veterinarian, violating 21 C.F.R. § 530.11(a), and resulting in an illegal drug residue, violating 21 C.F.R. § 530.11(c). This caused the drug to be unsafe under section 512(a) and adulterated under section 501(a)(5) of the