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Juice Maker Shut Down for 'Grossly Insanitary Conditions'

January 19, 2021 Eric Sorensen
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Juice Maker Shut Down for 'Grossly Insanitary Conditions'
Show Notes

The Food and Drug Administration this week announced a settlement with a Washington state juice producer over unsanitary conditions and contaminated products.

The FDA said a federal judge, at its request, entered a consent decree between the agency and Sunnyside, Washington-based Valley Processing Inc. — and its owner and president — to halt the distribution of adulterated juice products.

The FDA previously filed a complaint alleging that Valley’s juice products contained inorganic arsenic and patulin toxins at levels that could pose health risks to consumers.

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