Berkeley Leader

There were 17 companies in cities associated with Berkeley County, South Carolina, that received 17 FDA inspections in 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 30.8% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when 13 companies were inspected through 13 inspections.

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

There were 14 companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (82.4%). Three should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (17.6%).

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
ADMA BioCenters Georgia, Inc.	Biologics	02/03/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Avreo, Inc.	Devices	09/12/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Carolina Sports and Orthopedics Sales, Inc.	Devices	03/01/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Charleston Coffee Exchange, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	11/03/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Gourmet Distribution, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	01/06/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Ingredion Incorporated	Food/Cosmetics	06/23/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Jennifer J. Jaroscak, M.D.	Biologics	09/01/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Limehouse Produce Company, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	05/19/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Medical University Hospital Authority Laboratory Services	Biologics	02/02/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Michael E. Field, M.D.	Devices	01/17/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
RSI Leasing, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	01/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Ralph H. Johnson Department of VA Medical Center Blood Bank	Biologics	03/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Sorento Import Export, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	09/18/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Springbok Coffee, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	10/26/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
The American National Red Cross	Biologics	03/23/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
The American National Red Cross	Biologics	03/16/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
We Are Sharing Hope School	Biologics	03/14/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)