US food supplier recalls unapproved chicken bouillon products

Wei-Chuan USA Inc. in Bell Gardens, California, is recalling approximately 89,531 pounds of granulated chicken bouillon products that were ineligible for import to the US, according to USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The products subject to recall include 1- and 2.2- pound cans of granulated chicken bouillon and 5- pound plastic pouches of granulated chicken bouillon.

The granulated chicken bouillon products were distributed to retail establishments in California, Illinois, New Jersey, Texas and Washington.

FSIS is recalling these products because the chicken bouillon does not meet poultry products inspection or poultry exemption requirements.

Specifically, it could not be determined that the poultry ingredients used in the bouillon products were prepared under inspection as required by federal regulations or under a foreign inspection system determined to be equivalent.

The poultry ingredient is determined to be ineligible when the source of the ingredients cannot be determined.

The problem was discovered after Customs and Border Protection notified FSIS of the ineligible imported products that originated from an unapproved source.

FSIS has received no reports of illness as a result of consumption of this product.