{"id":22108,"date":"2016-04-04T14:08:13","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=22108"},"modified":"2016-04-04T14:08:13","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T21:08:13","slug":"feds-stop-michigan-company-making-cheese-unsanitary-conditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=22108","title":{"rendered":"Feds Stop Michigan Company from Making Cheese in Unsanitary Conditions"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A federal court slapped an injunction against\u00a0S. Serra Cheese Company, of Clinton Township, Michigan, and its co-owners, Stefano Serra<\/strong> and Fina Serra<\/strong>, to stop them from distributing adulterated cheese until they comply with health and sanitary rules, the Department of Justice announced today.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"S.-Serra-Cheese-Company\"The department filed a complaint on Aug. 8, 2014 at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration or FDA, officials said.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the complaint, S. Serra Cheese Company makes and distributes several varieties of pasteurized, ready-to-eat cheeses, such as ricotta, provolone, mozzarella and primo sale.<\/span><\/p>\n

The complaint alleged that the company\u2019s Italian cheeses are manufactured in insanitary conditions and that the company\u2019s procedures are inadequate to ensure the safety of its products.<\/span><\/p>\n

The injunction announced today followed an Oct. 20, 2015, decision by the district court that Serra Cheese violated the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act by distributing adulterated, ready-to-eat cheese products.<\/span><\/p>\n

The company sells these products to customers in Michigan, Illinois, New York and Pennsylvania.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Department of Justice is committed to preventing the unlawful distribution of adulterated food and enforcing laws designed to protect consumer health and safety,\u201d said Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer, head of the Department of Justice\u2019s Civil Division.\u00a0<\/strong> \u201cThe Department of Justice will continue to work with the FDA to enforce laws designed to protect the American people from adulterated food.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The district court\u2019s Oct. 20, 2015, decision concluded that inspections by the FDA in 2013 showed that Serra Cheese repeatedly introduced impure cheese into interstate commerce and caused the cheese to become tainted while held for sale after shipment in interstate commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n

The inspections, which occurred in January and November 2013, resulted in the collection of samples that showed that Listeria innocua was present in numerous locations throughout Serra Cheese\u2019s facility.<\/span><\/p>\n

Analysis of other samples showed significant levels of non-pathogenic E. coli in the finished cheese products, indicating exposure of the products, directly or indirectly, to feces.<\/span><\/p>\n

Furthermore, according to the district court\u2019s Oct. 20, 2015, decision, Serra Cheese\u2019s own testing, conducted in March 2015, revealed the presence of Listeria spp. at multiple locations in the company\u2019s facility, including on its production floor.<\/span><\/p>\n

The injunction requires Serra Cheese to take specific steps to remedy the violations found by the court.\u00a0 The defendants are required to submit a written plan to test the cheese in its existing inventory to detect the presence of certain microorganisms.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, defendants are required to conduct ongoing testing of certain finished cheese products pursuant to a plan approved by FDA.<\/span><\/p>\n

If, as part of the ongoing testing of finished cheese products, any such product tests positive for L. mono or pathogenic E. coli, defendants must immediately cease production and distribution and notify FDA that production and distribution have ceased, according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition, under the injunction, the defendants must submit to the FDA a sanitation program that establishes adequate methods, facility and controls for receiving, preparing, processing, packing, holding, and distributing articles of food to minimize the risk of introduction of pathogenic Listeria or any other poisonous or deleterious substances, or contamination with filth, to ensure that defendants\u2019 foods are not adulterated under the Act.<\/span><\/p>\n

For example, the plan must include thoroughly cleaning, sanitizing, renovating and rendering the facility and all equipment at the company used for making and distributing cheese, \u00a0according to officials.<\/span><\/p>\n

Download Serra Cheese Order of Injunction<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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