# FDA WARNING_LETTER - smoked seafood, inc.  - December 19, 2016

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> FDA WARNING_LETTER for smoked seafood, inc.  on December 19, 2016. Product: Food. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: WARNING_LETTER
- Company Name: smoked seafood, inc. 
- Inspection Date: 2016-12-19
- Product Type: Food
- Office Name: Los Angeles District Office
- Summary: On June 27, 2017, the FDA issued a Warning Letter to Smoked Seafood, Inc. d/b/a Little Mermaid Smokehouse following an inspection from November 29 to December 19, 2016. The inspection revealed that several products, including Salmon/Kapitan, Seafood Croissant, Smoked Salmon Trout, Smoked Gorbusha, and Balik/Kapitan, were misbranded under Section 403 of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 343] and 21 CFR Part 101.

Key violations include:
1.  **Failure to declare major food allergens by specific species names (Section 403(w)):** Products containing "fish" did not properly declare the specific species (e.g., "Gorbusha" for steelhead/rainbow trout, "Kapitan" for escolar, "Balik" for sturgeon, and "Salmon" without specific species). The "Seafood Croissant" also contained "crab imitation" with undeclared allergenic sub-ingredients.
2.  **Failure to declare appropriate common or usual names (Section 403(i)(1)):** Product names like "Kapitan," "Balik," "Gorbusha," and "Salmon Trout" were not acceptable common or usual names for the respective fish species. The "Seafood Croissant" lacked an appropriate descriptive

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