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Just a year ago, U.S. District Judge Kristi K.

DuBose signed an order stopping Irvington Seafood of Irvington, AL, from continuing in business. But this week, Food Safety News reported that Irvington Seafood was recalling its 1-pound packages of “Crabmeat: Jumbo, Lump, Finger, and Claw meat” because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. How did a court-closed company come back so quickly? In the 24-page order, called a “Consent Decree of Permanent Injunction,” Judge DuBose closed Irvington Seafood down but also provided instructions if the company wanted to return to business.



The order closing Irvington Seafood came after 16 years of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) findings that the company processed and held seafood products under insanitary conditions. The U.S.

Department of Justice sought to enjoin Irvington Seafood from further distributing its crab meat products. The permanent injunction issued a year ago fell on company owner Kevin S. Sakprasit and officers Helene Nou and Kammie C.

Richardson. That court order came almost a year after the company issued a recall for some of its crab products because of FDA findings. The potential for contamination was recorded on May 27, 2022, after the.

FDA tested the crab on May 9, 2022. The FDA found Listeria monocytogenes on Irvington’s cooking equipment and in a cooking room. Last year’s court order said that between 2006 and 2022, multiple FDA inspections of the Irvington Seafo.

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