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Jan 3, 10, 3:06 am
http://www.fda.gov/ICECI/EnforcementActions/WarningLetters/ucm194370.htm
Food and Drug Administration sending out nasty mail to LSG in DEN about roaches gallore, found at their facilities and changes their status from "approved" to "provisional"
At the conclusion of the inspection, on October 6, 2009, the FDA investigator issued a list of Inspectional Ohservations (FDA-483) to your firm. As documented on this form (copy enclosed), the following are the significant violations at your airline catering facility on which we base the "Provisional" classification:
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.30(a), all places where food is prepared, served, or stored must be constructed and maintained as to be clean and free from flies and other vermin. However, our investigators observed numerous live roaches, dead roaches, and other insects, as well as food, and other debris, in various locations, including the following:
Cart wash area - Live and dead roach-like insects too numerous to count (TNTC)
Silverware station - At least 40 live roaches as well as other insects
The hot kitchen - At least eight dead and one live roach insects were observed in and around the walls of the hot kitchen
Repack area - Live roaches (TNTC), as well as ants
Pots and pans warewashing room - At least four live and dead roaches, flies
Dish machine wash area - At least 13 dead roaches inside the machine loading area and 31 or more dead nearby the machine
Wash area - At least four live roaches on walls and floors
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.32(a), all food-handling operations must be accomplished so as to minimize the possibility of contaminating food, drink, or utensils. However, our investigators observed the following:
Employees handling food with bare hands or with unwashed gloved hands
Water dripping from the ceiling into equipment/utensil cleaning areas
Gaps from 1-2.5 inches under garbage room doors, receiving dock doors, and outbound dock area doors
Standing water in the garbage room
Accumulation of debris in various areas such as in the ice pit, dairy cooler, dish machine area, and automatic cart wash area
Holes in wall surfaces, creating areas for insect and vermin harborage
Debris and standing liquid inside the automatic cart wash machine
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.33(c), after bactericidal treatment, utensils must be stored and handled in such a manner as to prevent contamination before reuse. However, our investigators observed wet containers in nested stacks in the pots and pans ware-washing room and in the bot kitchen areas. Leaving containers stacked in a wet condition promotes the growing of bacteria, which could lead to contamination of your finished product.
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.30(d), all plumbing must be designed, installed, and maintained so as to prevent contamination of the water supply, food, and food utensils.
However, our investigators observed water hoses stored with nozzles resting on the floor.
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.39, watertight, readily cleanable, nonabsorbent containers with close-fitting covers must be used to receive and store garbage. However, our
investigators observed brown leaking fluid draining from at least two garbage bins, apparently creating standing pools of the brown fluid amongst trash debris under/around
the bins in the garbage room.
In addition, during the inspection, our investigators collected environmental swab sub samples from various locations within your firm's processing facility to be analyzed for the pathogen Listeria monocylogenes. Our FDA laboratory analyses of these environmental samples (FDA Sample #531908) revealed that three swab sub samples collected from floor locations in the hot kitchen area. were found positive for Listeria monocytogenes.
Food and Drug Administration sending out nasty mail to LSG in DEN about roaches gallore, found at their facilities and changes their status from "approved" to "provisional"
At the conclusion of the inspection, on October 6, 2009, the FDA investigator issued a list of Inspectional Ohservations (FDA-483) to your firm. As documented on this form (copy enclosed), the following are the significant violations at your airline catering facility on which we base the "Provisional" classification:
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.30(a), all places where food is prepared, served, or stored must be constructed and maintained as to be clean and free from flies and other vermin. However, our investigators observed numerous live roaches, dead roaches, and other insects, as well as food, and other debris, in various locations, including the following:
Cart wash area - Live and dead roach-like insects too numerous to count (TNTC)
Silverware station - At least 40 live roaches as well as other insects
The hot kitchen - At least eight dead and one live roach insects were observed in and around the walls of the hot kitchen
Repack area - Live roaches (TNTC), as well as ants
Pots and pans warewashing room - At least four live and dead roaches, flies
Dish machine wash area - At least 13 dead roaches inside the machine loading area and 31 or more dead nearby the machine
Wash area - At least four live roaches on walls and floors
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.32(a), all food-handling operations must be accomplished so as to minimize the possibility of contaminating food, drink, or utensils. However, our investigators observed the following:
Employees handling food with bare hands or with unwashed gloved hands
Water dripping from the ceiling into equipment/utensil cleaning areas
Gaps from 1-2.5 inches under garbage room doors, receiving dock doors, and outbound dock area doors
Standing water in the garbage room
Accumulation of debris in various areas such as in the ice pit, dairy cooler, dish machine area, and automatic cart wash area
Holes in wall surfaces, creating areas for insect and vermin harborage
Debris and standing liquid inside the automatic cart wash machine
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.33(c), after bactericidal treatment, utensils must be stored and handled in such a manner as to prevent contamination before reuse. However, our investigators observed wet containers in nested stacks in the pots and pans ware-washing room and in the bot kitchen areas. Leaving containers stacked in a wet condition promotes the growing of bacteria, which could lead to contamination of your finished product.
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.30(d), all plumbing must be designed, installed, and maintained so as to prevent contamination of the water supply, food, and food utensils.
However, our investigators observed water hoses stored with nozzles resting on the floor.
To comply with 21 CFR 1250.39, watertight, readily cleanable, nonabsorbent containers with close-fitting covers must be used to receive and store garbage. However, our
investigators observed brown leaking fluid draining from at least two garbage bins, apparently creating standing pools of the brown fluid amongst trash debris under/around
the bins in the garbage room.
In addition, during the inspection, our investigators collected environmental swab sub samples from various locations within your firm's processing facility to be analyzed for the pathogen Listeria monocylogenes. Our FDA laboratory analyses of these environmental samples (FDA Sample #531908) revealed that three swab sub samples collected from floor locations in the hot kitchen area. were found positive for Listeria monocytogenes.