NW Washington News

There was one company in a city associated with Whatcom County that received FDA citations as a result of one inspection conducted in the county over the fourth 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:

• You did not develop an FSVP.
• You did not ensure that your electronic mail address and the unique facility identifier recognized as acceptable by FDA was/were provided electronically when filing entry with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
• You did not document that the foreign supplier is in, and under the regulatory oversight of, a country whose food safety system FDA has officially recognized as comparable or determined to be equivalent to that of the United States, and that the food is within the scope of FDA's official recognition or equivalency determination before importing a food from a foreign supplier.

The company cited had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions.

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
Jap, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	10/09/2024	Develop FSVP
Jap, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	10/09/2024	Identification - entry
Jap, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	10/09/2024	Regulatory oversight
Jap, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	10/09/2024	Good compliance standing