FDA cites Ocean Group Inc. seafood facilities for Listeria, sanitation failures across four sites

As part of its enforcement activities, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends warning letters to entities under its jurisdiction. Some letters are not posted for public view until weeks or months after they are sent. Business owners have 15 days to respond to FDA warning letters. Warning letters often are not issued until a company has been given months or years to correct problems. Generally, portions of the letters are redacted from public view.

The FDA has issued a warning letter to Ocean Group Inc. following inspections of four seafood processing facilities in California, Nevada, and Texas, where investigators identified persistent Listeria monocytogenes contamination, sanitation breakdowns, and seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) violations.