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FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Meat and Poultry Products Illegally Imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

August 19, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Myanmar is a country ineligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products entered the country. …

USDA Proposes New Policy to Reduce Salmonella in Raw Poultry Products

August 5, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

The proposal would establish final product standards to prevent raw chicken carcasses, chicken parts, ground chicken, and ground turkey products that contain any type of Salmonella at or above 10 colony forming units (CFU) per gram/ml and any detectable level of at least one of the Salmonella serotypes of public health significance from entering commerce. …

Taylor’s Sausage, Inc. Recalls Ready-to-Eat Landjaeger Sausage Products Due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens

July 15, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

The problem was discovered during routine FSIS in-plant verification activities when FSIS personnel observed that soy, a known allergen, was being used as an ingredient and was not declared on the finished product label. …

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert For Southwestern Style Salad Bowls With Chicken Due To Misbranding And Undeclared Allergens

June 11, 2024 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

The salad product labeled as Southwestern Style with Chicken may actually contain Chicken Caesar Salad containing wheat and fish (anchovies), known allergens, which are not declared on the product label. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers with allergies to wheat and fish are aware that this product should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the affected product is no longer available for purchase. …

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Raw Pork Chorizo Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

May 9, 2024 The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert due to concerns of raw pork chorizo products that may be contaminated with a foreign material, specifically hard plastic and metal. FSIS is issuing a public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the product is no longer available for purchase. …