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Agency classClass IOur severity:SevereUSDA FSIS·011-2021·Announced 2021-04-01

Rong Shing Trading Recalls Ineligible Chinese Beef Hot Pot Base

Rong Shing Trading Inc. is recalling approximately 3,365 pounds of Chinese-style hot pot base containing beef tallow imported from China, a country ineligible to export beef to the U.S.

The agency’s classification

USDA FSIS: Class I

Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work

What this means for you

Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).

The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.

Our severity reasoning: The source explicitly classifies this as a Class I recall, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 per the rubric, despite the absence of reported illnesses.

Plain-English summary

Rong Shing Trading Inc., a Brooklyn, N.Y. firm doing business as Double R Trading Inc., is recalling approximately 3,365 pounds of Chinese-style hot pot base products containing beef tallow. The products were imported from the People’s Republic of China, which is ineligible to export beef to the United States. The recall was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on April 1, 2021.

The affected products are 450g and 300g plastic vacuum-wrapped packages of “Lee’s 52° Da Zhuang” and “Lee’s 45° Da Zhuang” Hot Pot Base, respectively. These items were imported on or around February 14, 2020, and do not bear an establishment number or a USDA mark of inspection. The products were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

FSIS identified the issue after receiving a consumer complaint. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Consumers who have purchased these items are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Rong Shing Trading Inc. Recalls Ineligible Beef Products Imported from China
Category
Food — Meat / Poultry
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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