August 27, 2024

Public alert issued for illegal meat, poultry products from Myanmar entering US

The US Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (USDA-FSIS) issued a public health alert for various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from Myanmar into the United States.

According to the agency, Myanmar is ineligible to export meat and poultry products to the US. FSIS continues to investigate how the products entered the country. The problem was discovered when FSIS performed routine surveillance at a retailer and found meat and poultry products from Myanmar that were not eligible for export to the US.

Affected products and labels are subject to the public health alert, regardless of the product date. Such products subject to the public health alert do not bear any import marks on the labels. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

Retailers who have purchased the products are urged not to sell them.
 

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