North Charlotte Today

There were 15 companies in cities associated with Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, that received 15 FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 36.4% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when 11 companies received 11 inspections.

Most of the companies inspected at the time were involved in the Food and Cosmetics sector. The second most common type of company inspected worked in the Devices sector.

There were 10 companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (66.7%). Four should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (26.7%). Additionally, one company had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions (6.7%).

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
American National Red Cross Carolinas Region	Biologics	02/01/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
American Red Cross	Biologics	02/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
American Sprinkle Company	Food and Cosmetics	02/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Bakkavor Foods USA, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/24/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
Beat Childhood Cancer, Levine Childrens Hospital	Drugs	02/06/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Distribution Technology, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/09/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Life Sensing Instruments, Inc.	Devices	01/27/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Mad Barn USA, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	01/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Martin's Distribution, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Pennys Gourmet Foods, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	01/09/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
REACT Innovations	Devices	02/17/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Shebli Atrash, M.D.	Drugs	03/16/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Summit Coffee Roasting Company, LLC.	Food and Cosmetics	01/10/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
USA Facemask, LLC	Devices	03/17/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Van Harvest Distribution, LLC.	Food and Cosmetics	03/30/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)