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The Food Safety and Inspection Service, which is part of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), recently issued a pork recall for more than 10,000 pounds of pork pellet products from Evans Food Group. The products in question were brought into the US in mid-September. Much of the pork was processed into snacks like pork rind and chicharrones.
As for the reason behind the recall, well, thats where things get interesting. While most meat-based recalls involve a contamination issue, this one is a bit different. The recall, in this case, stems from the fact that the 10,000 pounds of pork pellets were mistakenly not subject to a thorough inspection upon arriving in the US. So far, no adverse reactions have been reported, but the recall is being issued out of an abundance of caution.
What products are subject to the pork recall
Again, the pork at issue has since been processed into various snacks. A full list of these products can be viewed here. The list includes products from Macs brand, Turkey Creek Snacks, Cazo de Oro, Pamana, and pork rind products with 7-11 branding.
A few representative items include:
Macs 30z Original Porkskin
Cazo de Oro 80z Hot Porkskin
Macs 5oz Jalapeno Porkskin
7-11 Original Fried Pork Rinds
7-11 2.1 oz Chilli Lime Porkskin
Turkey Creek 2oz Chili-Lime chicharrones
Turkey Creek 4oz Dill Pickle Porkskin chicharrones
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/usda-issues-urgent-meat-recall-so-throw-it-away-if-you-have-any/ar-AAPIJtn
I very rarely eat pork rinds so I guess I'm good.
cbabe
(3,538 posts)more Chinese pork?
Torchlight
(3,313 posts)US pork imports are just 4% of overall US pork production. So far in 2021, the US has exported 7,175 million pounds of pork while importing only 945 million pounds.
brewens
(13,566 posts)have to be after I cut and vac packed all of it.
2naSalit
(86,515 posts)Guess I don't have to worry about this one.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)leftstreet
(36,103 posts)Nice one!
LeftInTX
(25,224 posts)They're dried and kept at room temperature, so typical pork pathogens are not a major issue.