FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #85 OF 1,000 MOST-CITED
Sanitation preventive controls - Appropriate (Adequate)
FDA cited this observation 267 times across 249 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.
How FDA worded it — real examples
Your written sanitation verification procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.
Your written sanitation monitoring and corrective action procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.
Your written sanitation monitoring, corrective action and verification procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.
Your written sanitation monitoring, corrective action and verification procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.
Your written sanitation preventive control and monitoring procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.
Your written sanitation preventive control, monitoring, corrective action and verification procedures were not appropriate to significantly minimize or prevent the hazard requiring a preventive control.
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. SPEQ is not affiliated with the FDA; this is a reference view of public FDA data.
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