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Violations4
Issue DateSep 25, 2024
Product TypeFood & Beverages
StatusClosed
Closeout LetterSep 25, 2025
Letter Details
Firm
Bernardo Farms, LLC
Location
Lordson Jim Valenzuela Bernardo, Co-owner
Jimmy Valenzuela Bernardo, Jr., Co-owner
Bernardo Farms, LLC
15-3120 Pahoa Kapoho Rd
Pahoa , HI 96778
United States
FEI Number
3026351664
Country
United States
Issue Date
September 25, 2024
Issuing Office
Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
Product Type
Food & Beverages
Status
Closed
Closeout Letter
September 25, 2025
Summary
Bernardo Farms, LLC, a papaya producer in Hawaii, was found to have produced adulterated produce prepared under insanitary conditions in violation of the FDA's Produce Safety regulation (21 CFR Part 112). During an April 2024 inspection, investigators identified critical violations including the failure to provide adequate toilet facilities readily accessible to growing and harvesting areas, with the company's employees instead urinating in adjacent windbreak areas and relying on off-site public restrooms. The farm's papayas were deemed adulterated due to potential contamination with filth and possible injury to public health resulting from these insanitary conditions.
Bernardo Farms, LLC FDA Warning Letter, September 25, 2024
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