WASHINGTON, March. 21, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for imported frozen Siluriformes products that were illegally imported from the People’s Republic of China and are ineligible for entry into the United States. The products were not certified for export to the U.S. by the government of China as being produced under equivalent inspection, they do not identify a certified establishment number on their packaging, and they were not presented to FSIS for import reinspection as required. These factors make the products ineligible to import into the U.S. and unfit for human consumption. FSIS is working with other agencies to investigate how these products entered the country.
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Identifiers in this source record
• 12-oz. (340 g) plastic packages containing “FROZEN STRIPED PANGASIUS MAWS.”Product & package: Brand, flavor, package size and UPC, when listed. Lot & date: Batch code and the exact best-by, use-by or production date. USDA mark: For meat or poultry, the establishment number when the notice specifies one.
Read the food & drink identification guideWhy this notice was issued
Import Violation
Official action
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Read the full official instructionsProduct & source details
- Product
- • 12-oz. (340 g) plastic packages containing “FROZEN STRIPED PANGASIUS MAWS.”
- Source
- USDA FSIS
- Notice type
- Safety alert
- Source reference
- PHA-03212024-01
- Source status
- Public Health Alert
- Category
- Food & drink