Shelby Reporter

There were 13 companies in cities associated with Shelby County, Tennessee, that received 13 FDA inspections in the first quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is an 18.2% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when 11 companies received 11 inspections.

Most of the companies inspected at the time were involved in the Food and Cosmetics and Devices sectors. The second most common type of company inspected worked in the Biologics sector.

There were nine companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (69.2%). Three should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (23.1%). Additionally, one company had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions (7.7%).

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplace and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly.

The FDA is a government agency that is primarily responsible for monitoring the production and distribution of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies and tobacco products for safety quality, according to its website.

Company Name	Area of Business	Inspection Date	Result
AB Mauri Foods, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	02/10/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
American Snuff Company - Memphis, LLC	Tobacco	03/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Charlie Sciara & Son Produce Company, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	03/14/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Cornerstone Laboratories, LLC	Drugs	01/19/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
Engineered Medical Systems, LLC	Devices	02/10/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Matrix Machining Technologies, Inc.	Devices	01/26/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Mckesson Medical and Surgical/Physician Sales & Service	Food and Cosmetics	03/15/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
MicroPort Orthopedics, Inc.	Devices	02/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Octapharma Plasma, Inc.	Biologics	03/09/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Blood Bank	Biologics	02/10/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Sterilization Services of Tennessee, Inc.	Devices	03/02/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Tennessee Blood Services Corporation	Biologics	01/12/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Wilson Air Center MEM, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	02/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)