The United States filed a complaint to stop a seafood processor in Monroe, Washington, from processing and selling adulterated seafood products, the Justice Department announced.
In a civil complaint for permanent injunction filed March 9, 2022 at the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the United States alleged that Diane Zollinger, through her business, Felix Custom Smoking, violated the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) by distributing adulterated ready-to-eat seafood products, including fish jerky and cold- and hot-smoked salmon. According to the complaint, Zollinger sells products directly to consumers from her business and at farmers’ markets. She also provides custom processing for fisherman and other wholesalers.