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Agency classPublic Health AlertOur severity:HighUSDA FSIS·PHA-08162024-01·Announced 2024-08-16

USDA Issues Public Health Alert for Illegally Imported Myanmar Meat and Poultry

USDA FSIS issued a public health alert for meat and poultry products illegally imported from Myanmar, a country ineligible to export to the U.S.

The agency’s classification

USDA FSIS: Public Health Alert

Public Health Alert is a warning FSIS issues when there is a food-safety concern but a recall is not requested, typically because the affected product is no longer available for purchase.

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 3/5 (High).

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a risk-of-harm product (ineligible meat/poultry) where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the 'High' severity criteria for theoretical hazards without confirmed illness.

Plain-English summary

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert on August 16, 2024, for various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Myanmar is not eligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products entered the country.

The problem was discovered during routine surveillance activities at a retailer, where FSIS found meat and poultry products from Myanmar that are not eligible for export to the U.S. The products subject to the alert do not bear any import marks on their labels and were shipped to retail locations nationwide. The specific products and labels are listed in the attached documents provided by FSIS.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. Retailers are urged not to sell the products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a health care provider.

The recalled product

Product
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Meat and Poultry Products Illegally Imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Category
Food — Meat and Poultry
Hazard

Distribution

Distributed nationwide across the United States.

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