Hi Sarah,
Thanks but TBH I'm not sure what that means. I assume it's a State level jurisdiction. I believe USDA/USFDA are Federal level. But (fully) open to correction.
I believe agriculture at Federal level = USDA jurisdiction
I had believed seafood at Federal Level = USFDA jurisdiction
Charles, you're correct. USDA/FSIS only inspects federal facilities for meat/poultry items, egg products, and catfish. I assumed this operation had a catfish line and therefore got inspected by USDA.
It gets extra confusing because for certain inspection tasks. FDA contracts out the majority of their inspections to state departments of agriculture (who oftentimes end up citing state regulations because they don't know any better >_<), and for facilities with USDA inspected products but only performing business within the state, you may also have USDA representation from your state department.
FURTHER *breathes in*, the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) who is underneath USDA and therefore represents themselves that way, do inspections for various dairy products that are FDA products but receive AMS sanitary inspections (like spray dried cheeses and milks) and therefore get "usda" into your plant even without amenable products.
It sounds like in this case sarah2014 or their inspector may have misspoke, as it doesn't seem like USDA had any reason to be there (unless in an AMS capacity or an Agricultural capacity). Was the state level department of agriculture.
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