Arlin L. Benner
Owner
Yippee Farms, LLC
1020 Pinkerton Road
Mount Joy , PA 17552-9242
United StatesFEI 3014068680Issued May 5, 2022Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East II
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Violations2
Issue DateMay 5, 2022
Product TypeBiologics
StatusClosed
Closeout LetterDec 2, 2022
Letter Details
Firm
Yippee Farms, LLC
Location
Arlin L. Benner
Owner
Yippee Farms, LLC
1020 Pinkerton Road
Mount Joy , PA 17552-9242
United States
FEI Number
3014068680
Country
United States
Issue Date
May 05, 2022
Issuing Office
Division of Human and Animal Food Operations East II
Product Type
Biologics
Status
Closed
Closeout Letter
December 02, 2022
Summary
Yippee Farms, LLC, a dairy operation in Pennsylvania, was found to have sold a bob veal calf for slaughter in March 2021 that contained drug residues of meloxicam and sulfadimethoxine in kidney tissue, for which FDA has established no tolerance levels in bovine tissue. The company failed to maintain complete treatment records for the animal, with employees not documenting the administration of these medications on the pen treatment record, resulting in the calf being sold before the required meat withdrawal time for the prescription drug meloxicam had elapsed. This violation demonstrated that the firm's inadequate record-keeping practices allowed medicated animals bearing potentially harmful drug residues to enter the food supply. The company did not respond to the FDA 483 inspectional observations issued at the close of the inspection.