FDA Bars Quality Poultry and Seafood From Importing Food for 5 Years
The FDA has barred Quality Poultry and Seafood (QPS) from importing food for five years, starting May 29, according to a notice published May 29. The agency said the company was convicted of a felony count under federal law related…
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to importing an article of food into the U.S. QPS had been given the opportunity to request a hearing within a certain time frame but didn't, thus waiving its right to a hearing, the FDA said. The FDA described QPS as a Mississippi corporation operating in Biloxi as a wholesale supplier of poultry and seafood to restaurants, casinos and retail markets. QPS, along with co-conspirators, allegedly plotted to mislabel foreign seafood and sell it as local varieties.