USDA¹s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that it is detaining an undetermined amount of pork products that entered the country improperly from Brazil.
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FSIS is also working with GINGA Brasil, a Brookfield, Connecticut, establishment, to recall the product, which was imported by this firm.
The products being detained and recalled are:
8 ounce packages of “Sadia Salame Tipo Italinano.” Each package bears “BRASIL INSPECIONADO 1 S.I.F.” and a date code “180202.”
2 pound packages of “MORTADELLA Sadilar, Sadia.” Each package bears “BRASIL INSPECIONADO 1 S.I.F.” and a date code “21-0202.”
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By GlobalData8 ounce packages of “Reginelle, Sadia.” Each package bears “BRASIL INSPECIONADO 1 S.I.F.” and a date code “200202.”
The products were produced in a facility that is not eligible to export to the US, and distributed to retail stores in Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey. Consumers who have purchased any product that bears on its label, “BRASIL INSPECIONADO 1 S.I.F,” are urged not to eat it but to return it to the place of purchase.
“These products could present a health hazard to consumers because they have not been inspected by an establishment eligible to export to the US, nor have these products been re-inspected by USDA,” said Ron Hicks, acting FSIS administrator. “FSIS has taken immediate steps to remove this product from commerce and is investigating whether any unlawful actions have occurred.”
FSIS has received no reports of illnesses associated with consumption of this product.
