Knox Times

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

This is a 59.1% decrease from the number of companies inspected in the previous year, when 22 companies were inspected through 22 inspections.

Most of the companies inspected were involved in the Drugs and Biologics sectors. The second most common type of company inspected in the time period worked in the Food/Cosmetics and Devices sectors.

There were seven companies in line with FDA regulations who don’t need to adjust their management operations or regulatory/administrative actions. Two 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
Elevation Foods, LLC	Food/Cosmetics	04/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Galbraith Laboratories, Inc.	Veterinary	11/16/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Jointvue, LLC	Devices	07/07/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
National Embryo Donation Center	Biologics	01/12/2023	Voluntary Action Indicated (VAI)
Neil E. Faulkner, M.D.	Drugs	04/14/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Southeastern Andrology and Embryology, LLC.	Biologics	01/12/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
Tomato Head Foods	Food/Cosmetics	01/25/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine IRB	Biologics	11/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine IRB	Devices	11/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine IRB	Drugs	11/08/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)
William B Smith, M.D.	Drugs	09/21/2023	No Action Indicated (NAI)