FDA comment on Castleberry's operating permit revocation in Augusta

"During on-going inspections of vertical still retorts inside the firm, FDA found deviations from how the retorts were required to be operated. The deviations could have caused the food processed to be unsafe. Since under-processing by Castleberry in the past resulted in a botulism outbreak and since Castleberry was operating under an emergency permit, FDA revoked the emergency permit. Castleberry has three business days to appeal."

--Quote from Stephanie Kwisnek, spokeswoman for U.S. Food and Drug Administration, via e-mail