Durham Reporter

There were five companies in cities associated with Durham County, North Carolina, that received five FDA inspections in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 54.5% decrease from the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when 11 companies received 12 inspections.

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

There were three companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. Two should take voluntary action to correct their 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
American Red Cross Blood Services	Biologics	10/16/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Avioq, Inc.	Biologics	12/05/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Chapel Hill Creamery, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	11/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Edwin H. Kim, M.D.	Drugs	11/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Syneos Health	Drugs	12/13/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)