Outer Banks Times

There was one company in a city associated with Dare County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county over the third quarter of 2024, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is an increase over the number of companies cited in the previous quarter.

The citations in the county include:

• Your HACCP plan does not list the food safety hazards that are reasonably likely to occur.
• You did not review your critical control point monitoring records within one week after the records were made.
• You are not monitoring the sanitation conditions and practices with sufficient frequency to assure conformance with Current Good Manufacturing Practices including safety of water that comes into contact with food or food contact surfaces, including water used to manufacture ice and protection of food, food packaging material, and food contact surfaces from adulteration.

The company cited should take a voluntary action to correct its managing operations.

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplace and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly.

The FDA is a government agency that is primarily responsible for monitoring the production and distribution of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies and tobacco products for safety quality, according to its website.

Company Name	Area of Business	Inspection Date	Issue Cited
Willie R. Etheridge Seafood Company, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	09/19/2024	Food safety hazards
Willie R. Etheridge Seafood Company, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	09/19/2024	Verification - record review - frequency
Willie R. Etheridge Seafood Company, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	09/19/2024	Sanitation monitoring