Portland Courant

There were 12 companies in cities associated with Washington County, Oregon, that received 12 FDA inspections in the fourth quarter of 2023, according to reports from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This is a 7.7% decrease from the number of companies inspected in the previous quarter, when 13 companies received 13 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 nine companies in line with FDA regulations that do not need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions (75%). Three should take voluntary action to correct their management operations (25%).

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
Alexander Commercial Enterprises, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	12/11/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Baker Commodities, Inc.	Veterinary	11/29/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Bloodworks	Biologics	12/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Community Blood Center	Biologics	11/29/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Hemcare of Oregon, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	11/03/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Legacy Emanuel Medical Center	Biologics	12/28/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
ORM Fertility, LLC.	Biologics	10/13/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Octapharma Plasma, Inc.	Biologics	10/25/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Organic Partners International, LLC	Food and Cosmetics	12/07/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Relay Resources	Food and Cosmetics	12/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Thanh Son Foods, Inc.	Food and Cosmetics	12/22/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
VisionGift	Biologics	12/04/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)