North Cook News

There were 57 companies in cities associated with Cook County, Illinois, that received 57 FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 26.7% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when 45 companies received 45 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 32 companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (56.1%). 22 should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (38.6%). Additionally, three companies had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions (5.3%).

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
ABC Cork Company	Food and Cosmetics	01/31/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Abbott Molecular, Inc.	Devices	01/27/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Affy Tapple, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	01/13/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Aherb USA, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/31/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Alpha SFD Company	Food and Cosmetics	03/29/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Amigos Meat & Poultry, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	02/16/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Avlon Industries, Inc.	Drugs	01/24/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
Babylon, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/06/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
CCC Brands, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	03/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
CSL Plasma, Inc.	Biologics	03/29/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Chicago Food / Factory, Corp.	Food and Cosmetics	03/03/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Chicago Sweet Connections, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/10/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Conagra Brands, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/02/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Coosemans Chicago, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	01/12/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Delobian Foods Market	Food and Cosmetics	03/02/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Dovilan L. Wyatt, M.D.	Drugs	02/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
E. A Sween Company	Food and Cosmetics	03/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Eco Food Distribution, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	03/29/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
El Greg, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	01/05/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Enriquez Produce, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/23/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Euphrates Food, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	01/11/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Finish Line Horse Products, Inc.	Veterinary	02/16/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
First Hand, CORP	Food and Cosmetics	02/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Great Lakes Coca-Cola Distribution, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	01/05/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Harvester Foods, Corp.	Food and Cosmetics	02/23/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
House of India Wholesale, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Inventus Power, Inc.	Devices	03/28/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
J. Carlos, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/14/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Jerez Produce, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/28/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center	Biologics	03/31/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
La Galera Produce, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	03/31/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Luminex Corporation	Devices	01/20/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Ma's Best Incorporated	Food and Cosmetics	02/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Mederer U., Inc., S.A.	Food and Cosmetics	03/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Meena S. George, Ph. D., M.D.	Drugs	01/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Mesh Suture, Inc.	Devices	01/20/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Michael'S Green Store, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/28/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Micro Measurement Laboratories, Inc.	Drugs	02/23/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Micro Measurement Laboratories, Inc.	Veterinary	02/23/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Muktanand Foods, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Nationwide of Chicago	Food and Cosmetics	03/30/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Northwest Community Healthcare	Biologics	02/09/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Parul, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/22/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Pastorelli Food Products, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/23/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Phoenicia Trading, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/14/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Pita Plus, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/20/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Ragolds USA, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/29/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Sunstar Americas, Inc.	Devices	02/10/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Synergy Flavors	Food and Cosmetics	03/28/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Tricor Systems	Devices	03/08/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
UChicago Medicine AdventHealth La Grange	Biologics	03/30/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Uberlube, Inc.	Devices	02/16/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Val's Bakery	Food and Cosmetics	02/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Vitalant	Biologics	02/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Vitalant	Biologics	03/02/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
World's Finest Chocolate	Food and Cosmetics	02/02/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
YMS, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	02/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Yms, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	03/06/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)