Sioux Empire Today

There were 11 companies in cities associated with Minnehaha County, South Dakota, that received 11 FDA inspections in 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 21.4% decrease from the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when 14 companies were inspected through 14 inspections.

Most of the companies inspected were involved in the Biologics and Food/Cosmetics sectors. The second most common type of company inspected in the time period worked in the Devices, Drugs, and Veterinary sectors.

There were nine companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (81.8%). Two should take voluntary action to correct the organization's management operations (18.2%).

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
A-Ox Welding Supply Company, Inc.	Drugs	07/17/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Avera McKennan Hospital & University Health Center	Biologics	10/25/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Gentle Giants	Veterinary	06/01/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Glanbia Nutritionals	Food/Cosmetics	05/23/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Midwest Eye Laboratories Sioux Falls, LLC	Devices	07/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Nordica Warehouses, Inc.	Food/Cosmetics	03/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Pan-O-Gold Baking Company	Food/Cosmetics	03/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Roodle, L.L.C.	Food/Cosmetics	09/27/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Sanford Medical Center	Biologics	10/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Sanford Women's Health Advanced Reproductive Laboratory	Biologics	05/11/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
South Dakota Lions Eye Bank, Inc.	Biologics	10/31/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)