# FDA WARNING_LETTER - Vincent Piazza, Jr. & Sons Seafood, Inc. - March 01, 2012

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> FDA WARNING_LETTER for Vincent Piazza, Jr. & Sons Seafood, Inc. on March 01, 2012. Product: Food. Access full analysis and detailed observations.

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## Details

- Record Type: WARNING_LETTER
- Company Name: Vincent Piazza, Jr. & Sons Seafood, Inc.
- Inspection Date: 2012-03-01
- Product Type: Food
- Office Name: New Orleans District Office
- Summary: On February 27-March 1, 2012, FDA inspected Vincent Piazza, Jr. & Sons Seafood, Inc., finding serious violations of seafood HACCP (21 CFR 123) and CGMP (21 CFR 110) regulations, rendering products adulterated under 21 USC 342(a)(4).

Key violations include:
1.  **Lack of HACCP Plans:** No HACCP plan for aquacultured salmon, bass, and redfish to control aquaculture drugs, or for vacuum-packaged tuna steaks to control *Clostridium botulinum* toxin formation. The letter suggests specific oxygen transmission rates, immediate freezing with proper labeling, or Time/Temperature Integrators (TTIs) as controls for *C. botulinum*.
2.  **Inadequate HACCP Plan CCPs:** The HACCP plan for scombrotoxin-forming fish (tuna, escolar, mahi-mahi, snapper) lacks a Critical Control Point (CCP) for processing to control toxin formation.
3.  **Failure to Implement Monitoring:** The firm did not follow its HACCP plan's monitoring procedure for ice presence at the "Raw material storage" CCP for histamine control in escolar, tuna, mahi-mahi, and snapper.
4.  **Inadequate Monitoring Procedures:** The HACCP plan's monitoring procedure for ice presence at the "Raw material storage" CCP is

## Related Officers

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- [Compliance Officer](https://www.keypedia.com/people/mark-w-rivero/a03c776a-f56c-4150-b14b-678cb1cb31e6)

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