Dive Summary:

• The FDA, with the help of the Justice Department, has sought a decree of permanent injunction against U Joo Foods and its owner Kiyoung Chin for continually producing sprouts in an unsafe and unsanitary facility.
• Since 2009, sprouts have held one of the top spots in the list of foods that have caused outbreaks, making them very high on the FDA radar.
• The U Joo facility was first found in violation in 2011, failed a follow-up inspection in 2012 and were finally taken to court this year.

From the article:

During the 2012 inspection, the FDA found that U Joo Foods continued to have deficiencies, including workers
who did not sanitize their gloves prior to touching sprouts, inadequate toilet and hand-washing facilities, and
inadequate cleaning procedures evidenced by residues of sprouts on the production equipment.
The FDA also found continued presence of Listeria welshimeri, a non-pathogenic bacterium in the same genus as Listeria monocytogenes.