Approximately 297,715 pounds of ready-to-eat canned corned beef products were imported and distributed in the United States without the benefit of FSIS import re-inspection.
For many years, I have closely tracked evolving U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) policy, the strengthening of USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) inspection and surveillance programs, the implementation of new technologies and the available data pertaining to the numbers of illness outbreaks and recalls.
An FSIS investigation determined the firm was reportioning and repackaging amenable products in a secondary location without the benefit of federal inspection.
