Anne Arundel Today

There were three companies in cities associated with Howard County, Maryland, that received three FDA inspections in the third quarter of 2024, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 50% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when two companies received two inspections.

Most of the companies inspected at the time were involved in the Biologics sector. The second most common type of company inspected worked in the Food and Cosmetics sector.

There were two companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. One should take voluntary action to correct its management operations.

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
Lancaster Foods, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	09/30/2024	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Shady Grove Reproductive Science Center	Biologics	08/21/2024	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Supreme Orthopedic Systems, Inc.	Biologics	08/23/2024	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)