Down East Times

There were three companies in cities associated with Washington County, Maine, that received three FDA inspections in 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 year, when two companies were inspected through two inspections.

The companies inspected were involved in the Food/Cosmetics sector.

There was one company in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. Two should take voluntary action to correct the organization's 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
Cherryfield Foods, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	04/07/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
J. W. Raye Company, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	03/03/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Jasper Wyman & Son	Food/Cosmetics	09/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)