Pure Ground Ingredients, Inc. Warning Letter Details

Summary

Pure Ground Ingredients, Inc., a dried herbs and spices processor, was found to have produced adulterated ready-to-eat organic herb and spice products prepared under insanitary conditions that could have become contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health. The facility violated Current Good Manufacturing Practice (CGMP) and Hazard Analysis and Risk-Based Preventive Controls regulations under 21 CFR Part 117, with the inspection initiated following a Class 1 Salmonella recall in oregano products. Additionally, the company failed to report a reportable food to the Reportable Food Registry within the required twenty-four-hour timeframe.