Illegally imported PH food products subject to USDA health alert
Philippine products subject to the public health alert | PHOTOS: SDC Global Food Choice, Official Facebook page of Purefoods corned beef, ShopMetro, and Lady’s Choice website
MANILA, Philippines — A public health alert for illegally imported Filipino ready-to-eat food products was issued by the US Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on Thursday (Manila time).
FSIS, in an announcement posted on its website dated July 10, 2024, said there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consuming these products. However, the warning was only issued as the products do not bear any producing establishment information.
“The Philippines is a country not eligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS is continuing to investigate how these products entered the country,” the department said in its alert.
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The products subject to the public health alert include:
150-gram (g). can of Argentina Brand Corned Beef
175-g. can of Argentina Brand Corned Beef
260-g. can of Argentina Brand Corned Beef
150-g. can of Purefoods Corned Beef
210-g. can of Purefoods Corned Beef
150-g. can of Chunkee Corned Beef
190-g. can of Chunkee Corned Beef
7.43-ounce Jar of Lady’s Choice Chicken Spread
The FSIS found these illegally imported products during routine surveillance activities at a retailer where these items were being sold.
These were discovered to be shipped to restaurants and retail locations in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, and Virginia.
“FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ and restaurants’ pantries and on retailers’ shelves. Retailers who have purchased the products are urged not to sell them,” the FSIS said.
It also said that “consumers and restaurants who have purchased these products are urged not to consume or serve them.”
They were also advised to “double bag the product when discarding it to reduce the possibility of animals accessing the product because USDA cannot confirm whether the products were properly heated to control pathogens of concern to domestic livestock and poultry.”
In the Philippines, these products have been approved by the Bureau of Food and Drugs Administration.
READ: Ground beef sold at Walmart recalled over possible E.coli contamination
Last May, the FSIS also recalled over 16,000 pounds of raw ground beef possibly contaminated by the E-coli bacteria being sold at Walmart.
The bacteria is said to cause dehydration, diarrhea, abdominal cramps, and possibly kidney failure, according to the FSIS. — Felice Nafarrete, intern
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