Basic Food Flavors Inc. is the company who produces hydrolyzed vegetable protein, (HVP) which is a food enhancer used in many ready-to-eat foods. A recall included 177 products containing HVP in June 2010. On June 23, Basic Food Flavors Inc. received a warning letter from the FDA for documentation on their products.
During the last inspection of the plant, Salmonella contamination was found and led to a recall of all HVp powder and paste made by the company since September 17, 2009. Food safety officials in Washington D.C. were worried about the thousands of products that would need to be recalled so the FDA limited its recalls on products because it lacked a “kill step,” (when potentially dangerous pathogens are removed from a product when it is being manufactured). Only 177 products were recalled. The FDA said that “the salmonella had established a niche environment”, and it was contaminating the facility. The company is trying to think of solutions so that it will not survive and become a bigger problem in the factory.
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