Ocean Harvest, an outlet for salmon, tuna, and other fresh fish intended for raw consumption, and Ocean Harvest president, Minkyu Park, recently signed a consent decree of permanent injunction with the US FDA.
The consent decree restrains Ocean Harvest from preparing, packing, or distributing seafood until the company complies with the seafood Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulations.
The company also cannot prepare, pack or distribute seafood until it complies with the FDA’s current Good Manufacturing Practice regulations.
HACCP is a science-based system of preventive controls for seafood safety that commercial seafood processors can use to identify and control potential food safety hazards.
The FDA seafood HACCP programme was designed to increase the margin of safety for US consumers and to reduce illnesses to the lowest possible levels in seafood products.
"The FDA is committed to reducing health risks for consumers of seafood products,” said Dara A. Corrigan, the FDA’s associate commissioner for regulatory affairs.
“Ocean Harvest must meet the necessary requirements to ensure that their food is safe or it will not be able to process or distribute their products."
Ocean Harvest has an extensive history of operating under insanitary conditions and violating the seafood HACCP regulations.
During the FDA’s most recent inspection of the company’s processing facility, investigators found that Ocean Harvest failed to implement adequate HACCP plans for the raw fresh fish intended for sale to sushi restaurants and failed to properly clean and sanitise equipment used to process fresh fish.
FDA: Ocean Harvest Restrained From Practice
US - The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that Ocean Harvest Inc. has been restrained from practice after a violation of federal food safety standards.
