WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators have warned Tyson Foods about unsanitary conditions at a Texas plant that makes seafood soups.
In a warning letter posted online Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration said its inspectors found fish meat stored at dangerously high temperatures at the company’s plant in Fort Worth.
Tyson stored fish and crab for about 18 hours between 40 and 55 degrees. The FDA said those products should be stored below 40 degrees to keep bacteria and toxins from growing on them.
Inspectors in August also cited the company for not documenting procedures for stopping bacterial growth.
Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson said the problems deal with documentation, not actual product safety.
“Our Fort Worth plant is clean and sanitary, and the products produced there are safe to eat,” company spokesman Gary Mickelson said in a statement. The shrimp and crabmeat observed by FDA inspectors was not used in company products, he added.
