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WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2003— USDA’s Food Safety and
Inspection Service today announced that, in
cooperation with USDA’s Animal and Plant Health
Inspection Service, it has begun to detain and
quarantine approximately 11,400 pounds of frozen
pork dumplings that entered the country illegally
from South Korea. Atlanta Oriental Food Wholesale
Company of Doraville, Ga., the firm that imported
the product, is also conducting a voluntary
recall.
The
products being detained and recalled are:
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675 grams (1.37 lbs.) of Sam Lib
Meat Dumplings. The labels are written in both
English and Korean. The English portion of the
label reads: “Meat Dumpling, made of fresh raw
material, KEEP FROZEN.” Translated into English,
the entire label reads as follows: “SAM LIB, MEAT
DUMPLING, KEEP FROZEN, IT IS FROZEN FOOD, PLEASE
EAT AFTER COOK.”
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1.3 kilograms (2.87 lbs.) of Chil
Kab Frozen Dumplings. The labels are written only
in Korean. Translated into English, the label
reads: “CHIL KAB NONG SAN, CHIL KAB FARM PRODUCTS,
ANACKNE MULMANDOO DUMPLING, CHIL KAB NONGSAN
DUMPLING MADE BY FRESH VEGETABLES AND FRESH MEAT
UNDER HIGH QUALITY CONTROL.”
Consumers
who have purchased these products are urged not to
eat them but to return them to the place of
purchase. The product entered the United States
illegally from South Korea, which is not eligible
to export meat and poultry products to the U.S.
USDA has
received no reports of illnesses associated with
consumption of this product. Anyone concerned
about an illness should contact a physician.
“These
products could present a health hazard to
consumers because they have not been re-inspected
by USDA,” said Dr. Garry L. McKee, FSIS
administrator. “USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection
Service and Animal and Plant Health Inspection
Service have taken immediate steps to remove this
product from commerce.”
The
products were distributed to retail stores in the
following states: Florida, Georgia, Indiana,
Kentucky, Missouri, North Carolina, South Carolina
and Tennessee.
Consumers
and media with questions about the recall may
contact Edward Shinn, vice president of Atlanta
Oriental Food Wholesale Company, at (770)
455-0770, ext. 209.
Consumers
with food safety questions can phone the toll-free
USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at l-800-535-4555.
The hotline can be reached from l0 a.m. to 4 p.m.
(Eastern Time) Monday through Friday, and recorded
food safety messages are available 24 hours a day.
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USDA RECALL CLASSIFICATIONS
Class
I
This
is a health hazard situation where there
is a reasonable probability that the use
of the product will cause serious,
adverse health consequences or death.
Class
II
This is a health hazard situation where
there is a remote probability of adverse
health consequences from the use of the
product.
Class
III
This is a situation where the use of the
product will not cause adverse health
consequences. |
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