Charleston Reporter

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

This is a 500% increase over the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when one company received one inspection.

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

There were three companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. Three 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
Callie's Charleston Biscuits	Food and Cosmetics	07/01/2024	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Charleston Specialty Foods	Food and Cosmetics	07/24/2024	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Piedmont Reproductive Endocrinology Associates Lowcountry	Biologics	08/07/2024	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Saffron, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	08/22/2024	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Thorne Research, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	07/18/2024	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Vitrologic, Inc.	Biologics	08/14/2024	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)