Hamilton Reporter

There were 12 companies in cities associated with Hamilton County, Tennessee, that received 12 FDA inspections in 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 7.7% decrease from the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when 13 companies were inspected through 13 inspections.

Most of the companies inspected were involved in the Food/Cosmetics sector. The second most common type of company inspected in the time period worked in the Drugs sector.

There were seven companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (58.3%). Four should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (33.3%). Additionally, one company had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions (8.3%).

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
AKI, Inc.	Drugs	07/20/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Ardent Mills, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	08/09/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Arpan Import, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	06/06/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Chattanooga Coca Cola Bottling Company	Food/Cosmetics	01/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Chattem, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	06/13/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Fertility Center, LLC	Biologics	12/07/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
RWM Technologies, LLC	Drugs	01/13/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
RWM Technologies, LLC	Veterinary	01/13/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
SRI Healthcare, LLC	Devices	01/12/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Surgery Pharmacy Services, Inc.	Drugs	07/07/2023	Official Action Indicated (OAI)
Surplus Sales, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	10/17/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Tennessee Reproductive Medicine	Biologics	12/05/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Valley Wholesale Distributors, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	10/16/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)