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Atlas Spine, Inc. in Jupiter, Florida was inspected by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on July 19 for device compliance and received three citations, according to data posted on the FDA’s official website.

The FDA website indicates that the citations were delivered to the company as follows:

'Procedures for training and identifying training needs have not been adequately established.'

'Process control procedures that describe any process controls necessary to ensure conformance to specifications have not been adequately established.'

'Procedures for receiving, reviewing, and evaluating complaints by a formally designated unit have not been adequately established.'

The FDA routinely inspects facilities across the nation to determine if the workplaces and their products are compliant with FDA-regulated laws and regulations implemented to improve overall public health. Inspection results are then disclosed publicly for businesses to consistently make smarter business decisions for the future.

The FDA is a government agency that is primarily responsible for monitoring the manufacturing and distribution of human and animal drugs, biological products, medical supplies and tobacco products for safety quality, according to its website.