SEC Company Response from INVO Fertility, Inc. (IVF) (CIK 0001417926) (IVF) — Feb 17, 2009
INVO Fertility, Inc. (IVF) (CIK 0001417926)
Date: Feb. 17, 2009 · CIK: 0001417926 · Accession: 0001185185-09-000103
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File numbers found in text: 333-147330
Referenced dates: December 12, 2008
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INVO
Bioscience, Inc.
100
Cummings Center,
Suite
421E
Beverly,
Massachusetts 01915
February 17,
2009
VIA EDGAR
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Mail Stop
3561
Washington,
D.C. 20549-0405
Attention: Ta
Tanisha Meadows
Re: Emy’s
Salsa Aji Distribution Company, Inc.
Item
4.01 Form 8-K, File No: 333-147330
Dear Ms.
Meadows:
We have
set forth below our responses to the Staff’s comments raised in your letter
dated December 12, 2008, regarding Item 4.01 on Form 8-K (the “Registration
Statement”) for INVO Bioscience, Inc., formerly Emy’s Salsa Aji Distribution
Company, Inc. (the “Company”) that we filed on December 12, 2008. For
ease of your review, the Company’s responses are set forth below the text of
each comment raised in your letter. In addition, we have filed an
amendment to the Registration Statement on Form 8-K/A to address these comments
and to address typographical and other changes.
Item 4.01 Form 8-K Filed
December 12, 2008
1.
We note that the date of the
earliest event reported on the cover page is December 5, 2008 and you
disclose under Item 4.01 that Berman was dismissed and Webb & Co. was
engaged on December 4, 2008. We also note that the letter filed
as Exhibit 4.1 states that Berman was dismissed on December 5,
2008. Please revise or
advise.
We have
revised the disclosure in Item 4.01 to clarify that indeed Berman was dismissed
on December 5, 2008 and that Webb & Co. was engaged by the Company as of
that same date.
2.
Please state whether the
decision to change accountants was recommended or approved by the board of
directors or any audit or similar committee of the board of
directors. Refer to paragraph (a)(1)(iii) of Item 304 of
Regulation S-K.
We have
revised the disclosure in Item 4.01 to clarify that our Board of Directors
approved the dismissal of Berman.
3.
Please revise your disclosures
in the first and second paragraphs of item (1) to state the specific
period during which there were no disagreements with Berman and no
reportable events. This period should include the two most
recent years and any subsequent interim period preceding the dismissal of
Berman on December 4, 2008. Refer to paragraph (a)(1)(v) of
Item 304 of Regulation S-K.
We have
revised the disclosure in Item 4.01 to clarify that the there were no
disagreements with Berman and no reportable events during the two most recent
years and any subsequent interim period preceding the dismissal of Berman on
December 5, 2008.
4.
Please revise your disclosure
in item (2) regarding the specific period during which there was no
consultation with Webb & Co. This period should include the
two most recent years and any subsequent interim period preceding the date
of the engagement of Webb & Co. on December 4, 2008. Refer
to paragraph (a)(2) of Item 304 of Regulation
S-K.
We have
revised the disclosure in Item 4.01 to clarify that there was no consultation
with Webb & Co. during the two most recent years and any subsequent interim
period preceding the engagement of Webb & Co. on December 5,
2008.
U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission
February
17, 2009
Page
2
5.
Please note that you are also
required to file a letter from Berman stating whether the firm agrees with
the statements made in any amendment to the filing and, if not, stating
the respects in which the firm does not agree. The updated
letter should be filed within two business days of its receipt or 10
business days after filing any amendment as Exhibit 16.1 as opposed to
Exhibit 4.1. Please acknowledge this
obligation. Refer to Items 304(a)(3) and 601(b)(16) of
Regulation S-K.
We have
received and filed an updated letter from Berman stating that the firm agrees
with the statements made in the amendment to Item 4.01 in the filing on Form
8-K/A.
In
connection with our foregoing responses to your comments, we acknowledge hereby
that:
·
The
Company is responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosures in
the filing;
·
Staff
comments or changes to disclosure in response to staff comments do not
foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the
filing; and
·
The
Company may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding
initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities
laws of the United States.
* * * *
If you
have questions regarding this matter or if you need additional information,
please do not hesitate to me contact me on 978-878-9505 or Debbie Klis, of
Shulman, Rogers, Gandal, Pordy & Ecker, P.A., 11921 Rockville Pike, Suite
#300, Rockville, Maryland 20852, counsel to the Company, at (301)
230-5241. Thank you in advance for your time and
attention
Sincerely,
/s/ Katie
Karloff
Katie Karloff
Chief Executive Officer
cc: Scott
Museles, Esq., Shulman Rogers et al
Elliot
Berman, CPA, Berman & Co.
Derek
Webb, CPA, Webb & Co.
Robert
Bowdring, CFO, INVO Bioscience
Dr.
Claude Ranoux