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Maison Blanche LLC

FDA issued a warning letter to Maison Blanche LLC (Houston, TX, United States) on Sep 14, 2023. Subject: Refusal to Provide Access to and Copying of Records.

From the letter: “Your firm is registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) as a manufacturer of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products; specifically, products listed include Hand Sanitizer Nº93 Maison Blanche.”

Houston, TX, United StatesIssued Sep 14, 2023Posted Sep 19, 2023No close-out recorded

At a glance

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Violations
1 finding · 1 issue type
Cited
No CFR or ISO section
Response due
Not stated in the letter
FDA asks for
3 actions
Named as possible actions
Refusal of admission
Issued by
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Published status
No close-out recorded

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01Records & data integrityThe firm failed to respond to FDA's records requests under section 704(a)(4).
Your firm is registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) as a manufacturer of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products; specifically, products listed include Hand Sanitizer Nº93 Maison Blanche. On August 16, 2022, the FDA sent an electronic request for records and other information pursuant to section 704(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), 21 U.S.C. 374(a)(4), to the contact e-mail address provided in your registration file. This request went unanswered, as did another email request sent on August 31, 2022.

What FDA requested

  • Respond within 48 hours to confirm or update registration and drug listing status.
  • Indicate whether you will respond to the request for records and other information.
  • If no longer manufacturing drugs, delist all drugs and deregister the facility.

FDA Warning Letter

16 paragraphs · 1 section

Text as published on FDA.gov, retrieved Sep 8, 2026. Layout added for reading; the wording is FDA’s. View on FDA.gov (opens in a new tab)

DatedSeptember 14, 2023
AddressedDear Ms. Naifeh

1Letter text

9 paragraphs

Your firm is registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) as a manufacturer of over-the-counter (OTC) drug products; specifically, products listed include Hand Sanitizer Nº93 Maison Blanche. On August 16, 2022, the FDA sent an electronic request for records and other information pursuant to section 704(a)(4) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), 21 U.S.C. 374(a)(4), to the contact e-mail address provided in your registration file. This request went unanswered, as did another email request sent on August 31, 2022. FDA attempted to contact you by phone on October 24, 2022, leaving a voicemail requesting that you provide a response by October 31, 2022. On October 26, 2022, you contacted FDA, by email, requesting additional information and notifying FDA that the firm renewed their registration for 2023, but did not respond to the section 704(a)(4) records request. FDA responded to your email on October 26, 2022, and reiterated the need to provide records or other information. FDA again contacted you by email on February 6, 2023, which went unanswered. We attempted to contact you by phone on September 6, 2023, and left a voicemail requesting a response within 24 hours. On September 8, 2023, FDA received a voicemail from your firm providing an updated contact number for you and stating that FDA’s request would be forwarded to you. No response was received. On September 12, 2023, FDA attempted to contact you again by phone. FDA left a voicemail requesting a response within 24 hours. You failed to respond to these attempted communications or otherwise provide the requested records or other information. Pursuant to section 704(a)(4), FDA’s request and follow-up communication included a sufficient and clear description of the records sought.

It is a prohibited act under section 301(e) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. 331(e)) to refuse to permit access to or copying of any record as required by section 704(a).

Because your firm failed to respond to the section 704(a)(4) records requests and associated communication attempts,1 we have no indication of the level of quality assurance for drugs registered as manufactured at your facility.

Respond to this letter within 48 hours to confirm or update your registration and/or drug listing status and indicate whether you will respond to the request for records and other information. If you are no longer manufacturing drugs, delist all the drugs previously listed with FDA, using the last lot expiration date as the marketing end date of the product, and deregister your facility accordingly.

The Agency may conduct an inspection to verify information provided and/or to evaluate the compliance of your manufacturing operations.

Continued non-response regarding questions of the quality assurance of the drugs manufactured at your facility may lead to inclusion on the Agency’s list of hand sanitizers consumers should not use, at: https://www.fda.gov/drugs/drug-safety-and-availability/fda-updates-hand-sanitizersconsumers-should-not-use.

You may provide additional information for our consideration as we continue to assess your activities and practices.

Send your electronic reply to CDER-OC-OMQ-Communications@fda.hhs.gov.

Identify your response with FEI 3017125078 and ATTN: Rory Geyer.

Sincerely, /S/

Francis Godwin Director Office of Manufacturing Quality Office of Compliance Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA

_____________________

1 During the COVID-19 public health emergency, which expired on May 11, 2023, a number of hand sanitizer products have been recalled due to quality issues including from substitution with other drug substances, impurities at unacceptable levels, and subpotency. The Agency has reached out to registered OTC drug firms with hand sanitizers included in their product listing, to assess the overall quality of the drugs registered as manufactured by these firms.

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Record details

Issuing center
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Issuing office
Center for Drug Evaluation and Research
Location
Houston, TX, United States
Letter posted date
Sep 19, 2023
Letter issue date
Sep 14, 2023
Addressed to
Not recorded
Inspection dates
Not recorded
Response window
Not verified in this snapshot. Consult the original letter.
Record length
602 words · 0 recorded redactions
Published status
No published close-out
FDA reference
320-23-38
Original letter
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