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Leidy’s Inc.

Address: 266 Cherry Lane, Souderton, PA 18964
Establishment No.: m09520

USDA Inspection Report: 27 Jul 2010

Code: 01C02
Violation: 416.13(b) , 416.13(c) , 416.4(d)

Citation: On July 27, 2010, at approximately 2245 hours, while performing ISP code 01C02 ( verification of Operational Sanitation ) I observed the following noncompliance in room 121 - cured manufacturing cooler. There were approximately 7 racks of raw neck bones, ready for the Smokehouse sitting directly in the middle of room 121. these racks were sitting directly under the lighting fixtures of this room. I observed the first two set of lights had a brownish colored liquid beaded of the cover of the lights, directly above two of the neck bone racks, upon further observation these beaded drops of brown liquid proceeded to drip unto the two racks of product, I took immediate regulatory control and retained the two racks with USDA retain tag numbers # B18774194 and #B18774215 and informed Mr. [redacted] 2nd shift Production Supervisor. This noncompliance resulted in direct Product contamination and is in violation of the Meat and Poultry regulations 416.13b), 416.13(c) and 416.4(d). and also in noncompliance with the Est. written SSOP plan, dated 9/28/09 which states " [redacted] . I reviewed the form and no documentation of noncompliance in room 121 prior to my findings were documented. This document serves as written notification that your failure to comply with regulatory requirement(s) could result in additional regulatory or administrative action as outlined in 9CFR 500.4.

Regulation:

416.13(b) Each official establishment shall conduct all other procedures in the Sanitation SOP’s at the frequencies specified.

416.13(c) Each official establishment shall monitor daily the implementation of the procedures in the Sanitation SOP’s.

416.4(d) Product must be protected from adulteration during processing, handling, storage, loading, and unloading at and during transportation from official establishments.

 

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