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FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #414 OF 1,000 MOST-CITED

Written sampling plan for spent irrigation water or sprouts

FDA cited this observation 48 times across 30 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
Foods48
BY FISCAL YEAR
FY20261
FY20253
FY20245
FY20239
FY20225
FY20213
FY20202
FY201910
FY201810

How FDA worded it — real examples

You did not implement a written sampling plan for each production batch of sprouts.

Shineluck Foods, Inc. · Chicago, Illinois · Foods · 2025-10-14

You did not implement a written sampling plan for each production batch of sprouts.

Wo Chong, Inc. · San Francisco, California · Foods · 2025-08-19

You did not establish a written sampling plan for each production batch of sprouts.

China Farms, Inc. · Carmel, Indiana · Foods · 2025-07-01

You did not implement a written sampling plan for each production batch of sprouts.

L & H Bean Sprouts Company · Oklahoma City, Oklahoma · Foods · 2025-05-08

You did not establish and implement a written sampling plan for each production batch of sprouts.

Chicago Indoor Garden, Inc. · Chicago, Illinois · Foods · 2024-09-24

You did not establish and implement a written sampling plan for each production batch of sprouts.

Happy Sprout Inc. · Springfield, Virginia · Foods · 2024-08-15

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.

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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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