FDA cites unsafe conditions at Tyson Foods plant
Posted: 12.01.2009 at 4:07 PM
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(AP) -- WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. health regulators have warned Tyson Foods about unsanitary conditions at a Fort Worth plant that makes seafood soups.

In a warning letter posted online today, the Food and Drug Administration says its inspectors found fish meat stored at dangerously high temperatures at the Texas plant.

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.

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