Sen. Schumer urges FDA action against filthy Brooklyn food suppliers
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-Brooklyn) is asking that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) review its policies, increase the number of visits and raise the fines levied against food distributors following reports from earlier this month of deplorable conditions at a Brooklyn-based warehouse.
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that New Yung Wah Trading Co., with headquarters located at 311 Richardson St. in Greenpoint, was cited by the FDA for serious violations of food storage and vermin control in its Philadelphia warehouse.
From Oct. 15 to 30, the FDA made repeated visits to New Yung Wah’s facility in McKees Rocks, Pa., and discovered several violations in the way food products “were prepared, packed or held under insanitary conditions,” causing concerns that the food products “may have been contaminated with filth or rendered injurious to health.”