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FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Meat and Poultry Products Illegally Imported from the Philippines | Food Safety and Inspection Service

  • 150-g. can of “Argentina BRAND CORNED BEEF.”
  • 175-g. can of “Argentina BRAND CORNED BEEF.”
  • 260-g. can of “Argentina BRAND CORNED BEEF.”
  • 150-g. can of “PUREFOODS CORNED BEEF.”
  • 210-g. can of “PUREFOODS CORNED BEEF.”
  • 150-g. can of “CHUNKEE CORNED BEEF.”
  • 190-g. can of “CHUNKEE CORNED BEEF.”
  • 7.43-oz. jar of “Lady’s Choice Chicken Spread.”

The products subject to the public health alert do not bear any producing establishment information. These items were shipped to restaurant and retail locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia.

The problem was discovered when FSIS was performing routine surveillance activities at a retailer and found meat and poultry products from the Philippines that are not eligible to be exported to the U.S.

Source: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Meat and Poultry Products Illegally Imported from the Philippines | Food Safety and Inspection Service