FDA warning letter · Drugs

Suretec Innovations, LLC

Issued · Posted by FDA

Selected passages from the FDA letter

Quoted FDA text from the published dataset. These selected excerpts are not the complete letter.

Passage 1

Your firm failed to test samples of each component for identity and conformity with all appropriate written specifications for purity, strength, and quality. Your firm also failed to validate and establish the reliability of your component supplier’s test analyses at appropriate intervals (21 CFR 211.84(d)(1) and 211.84(d)(2)).

Passage 2

Your firm failed to conduct appropriate laboratory testing, as necessary, for each batch of drug product required to be free of objectionable microorganisms (21 CFR 211.165(b)).

Passage 3

You failed to ensure adequate microbiological testing for each batch of your drug product prior to release. Your non-compendial test method used to determine microbiological attributes (e.g., total count, objectionable microorganisms) for your finished OTC drug product was inadequate. Specifically, you lacked appropriate incubation times, lacked appropriate method suitability, and lacked positive and negative controls. In addition, you did not validate this non-compendial method.

Passage 4

Your firm failed to thoroughly investigate any unexplained discrepancy or failure of a batch or any of its components to meet any of its specifications, whether or not the batch has already been distributed (21 CFR 211.192).

Passage 5

Your firm failed to establish an adequate QU with the responsibilities and authority to oversee the manufacturing of drug products. For example, the QU failed to ensure:

Passage 6

Failure to address violations may also cause FDA to withhold issuance of Export Certificates. FDA may withhold approval of new applications or supplements listing your firm as a drug manufacturer until any violations are completely addressed and we confirm your compliance with CGMP. We may re-inspect to verify that you have completed corrective actions to address any violations.

Citations in the original letter

As cited in this historical letter, not a statement of current regulatory requirements.

  • 21 CFR 207
  • 21 CFR 207.41(c)(1)
  • 21 CFR 210
  • 21 CFR 211.84(d)(1)
  • 21 CFR 211.165(b)
  • 21 CFR 211.192
  • 21 CFR 211.22
  • 21 CFR 211.100(a)
  • 21 CFR 211.166(a)
  • 21 CFR 211.22(d)
  • 21 CFR 211.25(c)