North Boston News

There were seven companies in cities associated with Essex County, Massachusetts, that received seven FDA inspections in the second quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 75% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when four companies received four inspections.

Most of the companies inspected at the time were involved in the Food and Cosmetics sector. The Devices and Drugs sectors sectors, along with one other sector, tied for second most common type.

There were five companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. One should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations. Additionally, one company had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions.

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
Abiomed, Inc.	Devices	04/13/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
Half Moon Mods, LLC	Tobacco	04/17/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Ipswich Shellfish Company, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	06/01/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Ora, Inc.	Drugs	06/28/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Pier 7, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	04/11/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Pigeon Cove Ferments	Food and Cosmetics	05/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Seacrest Foods International, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	06/20/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)