USDA publicly warns about products being illegally imported from Myanmar

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for several meat and poultry products illegally imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Myanmar is an ineligible country to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS continues to investigate how these products entered the country.

The products and labels mentioned here are subject to the public health warning regardless of product date. View labels [here].

The products subject to the public health alert do not have import markings on the labels. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

The problem was discovered when FSIS conducted routine surveillance activities at a retailer and found meat and poultry products from Myanmar that are ineligible for export to the US.

There are no confirmed reports of side effects resulting from the consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS is concerned that some products may be in consumers’ pantries and on retailers’ shelves. Retailers who purchased the products are urged not to sell them. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them.

These products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.

Consumers with questions regarding the public health alert can contact Pyae Phyo Thandar, Sales Manager at Hong Sar LLC – Hinthar Inc., at 317-701-4039 or kinghongsar@gmail.com.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or email an inquiry to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers who wish to report a problem with a meat, poultry or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System is accessible 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.

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