Federal Agents Crack Down on Foo Yuan
Long Island City, NY – Federal agents today filed a civil complaint against Foo Yuan Food Products Company, Inc., its owner and president Hsing Chang, and secretary Susan Chang, alleging the defendants distributed adulterated seafood products in violation of federal law.
According to the complaint, the defendants prepare, pack, hold and distribute refrigerated and frozen ready-to-eat fish balls, fried fish cakes, and fried fish balls. The United States alleges that defendants failed to adequately control the risk of Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes (L. mono.) growth and toxin formation in susceptible fish and fishery products.
‘When food processors ignore federal laws concerning the preparation of food, they subject the public to serious health risks,’ stated United States Attorney Richard P. Donoghue. ‘The United States Attorney’s Office has asked the Court to stop the defendants from processing, packaging or distributing any more food until they establish that they can comply with federal laws and regulations designed to avert those health risks.
The FDA inspected Foo Yuan’s facility in 2014, 2016 and from December 2017 to January 2018. At each inspection, the FDA documented significant deficiencies, including a failure to maintain the cleanliness of food contact sources and a failure to ensure that all persons working in direct contact with food, food contact surfaces and food-packing materials conformed to hygienic practices to protect against food contamination.
The government is represented by Trial Attorney Monica Groat of the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch and Assistant U.S. Attorney Edwin Cortes of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, with the assistance of Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement Tara Boland of the FDA, Office of General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services.
A complaint is merely a set of allegations that, if the case were to proceed to trial, the government would need to prove by a preponderance of the evidence.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York have stated their commitment to ensuring that food processors comply with laws designed to ensure food safety.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Food Safety|White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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