Jefferson Reporter

There were three companies in a city associated with Shelby County, Alabama, that received three FDA inspections in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 50% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when two companies received two inspections.

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

There was one company in line with FDA regulations that does not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. Two should take voluntary action to correct their management operations.

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
Messer, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	10/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Oxford Pharmaceuticals, LLC	Drugs	11/03/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Ventura Foods, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	11/16/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)