WASHINGTON, Dec. 2, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen ready-to-eat pork mortadella products that may have been illegally imported from Ecuador, a country ineligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS is continuing to investigate the origins of this product, and there may be additional products affected.
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Identifiers in this source record
1-lb. vacuum-sealed packages containing “Mortadela ESPECIAL BOLOGNIAProduct & 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
FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
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Read the full official instructionsProduct & source details
- Product
- 1-lb. vacuum-sealed packages containing “Mortadela ESPECIAL BOLOGNIA
- Source
- USDA FSIS
- Notice type
- Safety alert
- Source reference
- PHA-12022024-01
- Source status
- Public Health Alert
- Category
- Food & drink