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FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #827 OF 1,000 MOST-CITED

Human food by-product: Identifying as animal food

FDA cited this observation 18 times across 18 firms in recent inspections. Below: how it breaks down by program area and fiscal year, and real examples of how FDA worded it on Form FDA 483.

BY PROGRAM AREA
Foods18
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20261
FY20251
FY20232
FY20222
FY20212
FY20192
FY20187
FY20171

How FDA worded it — real examples

You did not accurately identify a human food by-product held for use as animal food.

Dare Foods, Inc. · Spartanburg, South Carolina · Foods · 2026-04-15

You did not accurately identify a human food by-product held for use as animal food.

Dunbar Foods, Inc. · Dunn, North Carolina · Foods · 2025-09-05

You did not accurately identify a human food by-product held for use as animal food.

McClure's Lancaster Old Fashioned, LLC · Bowmansville, Pennsylvania · Foods · 2023-02-10

You did not accurately identify a human food by-product held for use as animal food.

Xochitl Gourmet Foods, LLC · Irving, Texas · Foods · 2023-01-25

You did not accurately identify a human food by-product held for use as animal food.

Beckmann's Old World Bakery, Ltd. · Santa Cruz, California · Foods · 2022-03-24

You did not accurately identify a human food by-product held for use as animal food.

Hearthside Food Solutions · Michigan City, Indiana · Foods · 2021-11-16

Related SPEQ references

Where to read the requirements behind this observation area on SPEQ. These are SPEQ's topic and audience pages — not an FDA classification of the citation.

Food industry

Examples are a representative sample of FDA's published inspection observations. SPEQ is not affiliated with the FDA; this is a reference view of public FDA data.

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