FDA 483 OBSERVATION · #675 OF 1,000 MOST-CITED
Validation of Process or Other Preventive Control
FDA cited this observation 25 times across 22 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
You did not validate your identified process preventive control to adequately control the hazard as appropriate to the nature of the preventive control and its role in your food safety system.
You did not validate your identified process preventive control to adequately control the hazard as appropriate to the nature of the preventive control and its role in your food safety system.
You did not validate your identified process preventive control to adequately control the hazard as appropriate to the nature of the preventive control and its role in your food safety system.
You did not validate your identified process preventive control to adequately control the hazard as appropriate to the nature of the preventive control and its role in your food safety system.
You did not validate your identified process preventive control to adequately control the hazard as appropriate to the nature of the preventive control and its role in your food safety system.
You did not validate your identified process preventive control to adequately control the hazard as appropriate to the nature of the preventive control and its role in your food safety system.
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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