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What : All seafood products manufactured from the Hope Food Supply Inc. Texas facility since 2007 [1] Date of Recall : 16 May 2008 Why : Hope Food Supply (HFS) Inc. had been required to develop and implement an adequate Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for its seafood products. The firm never developed this plan. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that all seafood processors develop and implement adequate HACCP plans that identify all likely food safety hazards for each kind of processed seafood product, and set forth preventative measures to control those hazards. Without adequate controls, seafood products can contain pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes. [2] Distributed : Nationwide Incidents : None reported 1 ETM591CalebHowell Nov. 4, 2010 Source : US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/P ressAnnouncements/2008/ucm116898. htm
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What: All seafood products manufactured from the Hope Food Supply Inc. Texas facility since 2007[1]
Date of Recall: 16 May 2008
Why: Hope Food Supply (HFS) Inc. had been required to develop and implement an adequate Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan for its seafood products. The firm never developed this plan. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that all
seafood processors develop and implement adequate HACCP plans that identify all likely food safety hazards for each kind of processed seafood product, and set forth preventative measures to control those hazards.
Without adequate controls, seafood products can contain pathogenic bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Listeria monocytogenes.[2]
Distributed: Nationwide[3]
Incidents: None reported[4]
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Source: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2008/ucm116898.htm
Source: US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2008/ucm116898.htm
Recognition of Problem: No sources could be found to indicate that HFS
ever responded to the FDA sanctions. Nor were any sources found to show that HFS
even acknowledged the absence of an HACCP plan.
Speed of Response to Problem: HFS seemed as though they were not concerned
with the FDA mandate or loss of work.[5]
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Legal Consequences: No legal consequences were reported.
Reputation: Non-existent. They are closed.
Sales: The company could not restart manufacturing until they had implemented an FDA-approved HACCP plan.[1]
There are no reports of Hope Food Supply ever developing an HACCP plan.
They never reopened.3ETM591CalebHowell Nov. 4, 2010
[1] US Food and Drug Administration. (2010). FDA Shuts Down Seafood Processing Company, Requires Products Be Recalled. (FDA Press Release).
[2] “Hope Food Supply Shut Down and Ordered to Recall Seafood.” 2 Nov. 2010. Retrieved from http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/hope-food-closed.html.
[3] “FDA Shuts Down Hope Food Supply Inc.” WRDW News (2008). 2 Nov. 2010 http://www.wrdw.com/news/headlines/19009589.html
[4] “FDA Orders Texas Plant To Shut Down, Issue Recall.” Associated Press. WCCO-TV News (2008). 2 Nov. 2010 <http://wcco.com/consumer/hope.food.recall.2.726201.html>
[5] Marler, Bill. “FDA Tells Hope Food Supply to Shut Down.” Food Poison Journal (2008). 2 Nov. 2010 <http://www.foodpoisonjournal.com/2008/05/articles/food-poisoning-watch/fda-tells-hope-food-supply-to-shut-down/>
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