70 companies in cities within Santa Clara County received 71 inspections in 2023

There were 70 companies in cities associated with Santa Clara County, California, that received 71 FDA inspections in 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 27.3% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when 55 companies were inspected through 56 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 Devices sector.

There were 42 companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (60%). 27 should take voluntary action to correct the organization’s management operations (38.6%). Additionally, two companies had to take regulatory and/or administrative actions (2.9%).

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.