Western South Dakota News

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

This is a 64.3% 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 Food/Cosmetics sector. The second most common type of company inspected in the time period worked in the Veterinary sector.

There were four companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. One should take voluntary action to correct the organization's 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
Dakota Pure Meats, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	07/26/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Hanson-Maves Company	Food/Cosmetics	07/24/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Nerdy Nuts, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	11/06/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Ridley USA, Inc.	Veterinary	06/09/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Unifi	Food/Cosmetics	07/27/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)