Asheville Reporter

There were 11 companies in cities associated with Buncombe County, North Carolina, that received 11 FDA inspections in 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 175% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when four companies were inspected through four inspections.

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

There were eight companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (72.7%). Three should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (27.3%).

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
Charles George VA Medical Center	Biologics	01/26/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Great Eastern Sun Trading Company	Food/Cosmetics	03/28/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Green Sprouts	Devices	08/16/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Ingles Markets	Food/Cosmetics	01/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
JMJ Tomato Company, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	08/24/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
King Bio, Inc.	Drugs	07/28/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
King Bio, Inc.	Veterinary	07/28/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Milkco, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	05/03/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Mission Hospitals Transfusion Service	Biologics	01/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Pisgah Brewing	Food/Cosmetics	12/05/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
The Cathead Cannery	Food/Cosmetics	12/04/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Thermo Fisher Scientific, LLC	Devices	08/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)