There were 26 companies in cities associated with Essex County, New Jersey, that received 28 FDA inspections in 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
This is an 18.8% decrease from the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when 32 companies were inspected through 32 inspections.
Most of the companies inspected were involved in the Food/Cosmetics sector. The second most common type of company inspected in the time period worked in the Drugs sector.
There were 15 companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (57.7%). 10 should take voluntary action to correct the organization’s management operations (38.5%). Additionally, one company had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions (3.8%).
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 | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allergen Free Bakers | Food/Cosmetics | 11/02/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Bacik Company of NY, Inc. | Food/Cosmetics | 04/25/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Damascus Bakery, LLC | Food/Cosmetics | 03/09/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Dara Food, LLC | Food/Cosmetics | 01/20/2023 | Official Action Indicated (OAI) |
| Excellentia Flavors, LLC | Food/Cosmetics | 09/13/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Flying Food Group, LLC | Food/Cosmetics | 08/09/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| G. C. Chemicals, Corp. | Food/Cosmetics | 03/14/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Garonit Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Drugs | 07/06/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Garonit Pharmaceutical, Inc. | Veterinary | 07/06/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| JJ Martin Group, LLC. | Food/Cosmetics | 02/23/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| JJ Nuts, LLC | Food/Cosmetics | 03/29/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| JP Trading and Global Imports, LLC | Food/Cosmetics | 02/09/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Manna Organics, Inc. | Food/Cosmetics | 03/24/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Mays Chemical Company | Food/Cosmetics | 03/23/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Medimetriks Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | Food/Cosmetics | 02/21/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Nasto’s Ice Cream Company | Food/Cosmetics | 05/22/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Nelson Laboratories Fairfield, Inc. | Drugs | 04/05/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Nelson Laboratories Fairfield, Inc. | Biologics | 04/18/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Newark Beth Israel Medical Center – Blood Bank | Biologics | 10/13/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Nicotex Labs, Inc. | Tobacco | 11/06/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Parker Laboratories, Inc. | Drugs | 06/14/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Parker Laboratories, Inc. | Devices | 05/23/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Prince Sterilization Services, LLC | Drugs | 09/15/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| SGS North America, Inc. | Drugs | 08/01/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Snacktree International | Food/Cosmetics | 03/28/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Spice Import Export, Inc. | Food/Cosmetics | 06/07/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| Trin Jam Distributors, Inc. | Food/Cosmetics | 09/29/2023 | Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI) |
| WUHL Shafman Lieberman Corporation | Food/Cosmetics | 05/12/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
| Warehousing Plus | Food/Cosmetics | 04/12/2023 | No Action Indicated (NAI) |
