The National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) revoked, this Monday (11), the resolution that suspended the manufacture, marketing, distribution and use of all food in stock manufactured by Fugini Alimentos Ltda. According to Anvisa, the revocation was published after the company underwent a new health inspection conducted by the Sanitary Surveillance Center of São Paulo and by the municipal health surveillance between April 3rd and 5th. “The team evaluated the reforms in the establishment and the adaptations in its procedures in order to comply with the determinations of the health surveillance. The establishment was considered ready to resume manufacturing its products at the Monte Alto unit, in the state of São Paulo. The manufacturing process that contains allergenic ingredients, according to the agency, still needs to be adequate to prevent contamination between products. Further evaluation of the quality control documentation of products in stock is also required to obtain more information on safety and quality. Therefore, the suspension of the manufacture of products with allergenic ingredients and the distribution, commercialization and use of finished items in the company’s stock manufactured until March 27, 2023, in addition to tomato pulp used as raw material, are maintained. manufactured or purchased up to that date. Understand In March, Fugini underwent a joint inspection carried out by Anvisa, the Sanitary Surveillance Center of São Paulo and municipal health surveillance, when failures considered serious in compliance with Good Manufacturing Practices were verified and, therefore, the company’s activities were suspended . “So far, the company Fugini has fulfilled most of the determinations of the health authority, quickly adapted its manufacturing plant and its manufacturing process, being able to resume part of the manufacturing on site”, informed Anvisa, in Brasília. The so-called Good Manufacturing Practices are a set of procedures to be followed by food manufacturing companies, necessary to guarantee the sanitary quality of these products. They encompass a series of rules related to the manufacture of food and range from the physical and hygienic conditions of the facilities to the quality control of raw materials and the final product, as well as issues such as health and training of workers, pest control , storage, transportation, documentation, among others.
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