# FDA WARNING_LETTER - Ray's Seafood Market, Inc. - August 26, 2010

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> FDA WARNING_LETTER for Ray's Seafood Market, Inc. on August 26, 2010. Product: Food. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: WARNING_LETTER
- Company Name: Ray's Seafood Market, Inc.
- Inspection Date: 2010-08-26
- Product Type: Food
- Office Name: New England District Office
- Summary: On December 13, 2010, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Ray's Seafood Market, Inc., following an inspection on August 26, 2010, at their Essex Junction, Vermont facility. 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 firm's refrigerated vacuum packaged smoked salmon, refrigerated vacuum packaged smoked whitefish, and refrigerated pasteurized crabmeat were deemed adulterated under Section 402(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, due to preparation, packing, or holding under insanitary conditions.

Key violations included:
1.  Failure to conduct a hazard analysis and implement written HACCP plans for refrigerated vacuum packaged smoked salmon, refrigerated vacuum packaged smoked whitefish, and refrigerated pasteurized crabmeat to control *Clostridium botulinum* and toxin formation, as required by 21 CFR 123.6(a) and (b).
2.  Failure to maintain sanitation control records since 2005 for eight critical areas, including water safety, food contact surface cleanliness, prevention of cross-contamination, handwashing facilities, protection from adulterants, toxic compound control, employee health, and pest exclusion, in violation of 21 CFR 12

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