FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #478 OF 1,932 MOST-CITED
Plant Operations
FDA cited this observation 52 times across 47 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.
What this grouping is not
An observation-type page groups FDA’s published citation records. The grouping, the compliance steps and the root causes are SPEQ synthesis, not an FDA classification of any citation, and a count measures what FDA published rather than risk.
What this observation is associated with
Firms cited for this observation also appear in FDA compliance actions — warning letters, injunctions, or seizures — at 3.6× the rate of the average FDA-cited firm (27.7% vs 7.8%), across 47 FEI-matched firms.
This is an association, not causation, and reflects co-occurrence in FDA's records — not a claim that the observation caused or preceded the action.
How FDA worded it — real examples
You did not conduct operations in accordance with current good manufacturing practices, take adequate precautions to prevent contamination of animal food and conduct all animal food manufacturing under such conditions and controls to protect against contamination of animal food.
You did not take adequate precautions to prevent contamination of animal food.
You did not conduct operations in accordance with current good manufacturing practices, take adequate precautions to prevent contamination of animal food and conduct all animal food manufacturing under such conditions and controls to protect against contamination of animal food.
You did not conduct operations in accordance with current good manufacturing practices and conduct all animal food manufacturing under such conditions and controls to protect against contamination of animal food.
You did not conduct operations in accordance with current good manufacturing practices, take adequate precautions to prevent contamination of animal food and conduct all animal food manufacturing under such conditions and controls to protect against contamination of animal food.
You did not conduct operations in accordance with current good manufacturing practices.
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.
Examples are a representative sample of FDA's published inspection observations. Open the 483 observation explorer →