Ontario Firm Recalls Baby Back Ribs Produced Without Import Inspection

Recall date

April 24, 2014

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

025-2014

FDA classification

Class I

Sold / distributed

New York

Why it was recalled

Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

WASHINGTON, April 24, 2014 Skilcor Food Products, an importer of record in Brampton, Ontario, is recalling approximately 36 pounds of fully cooked pork baby back ribs in honey garlic barbeque sauce, because they were not presented at the border for USDA FSIS inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. Without the benefit of full inspection, a possibility of adverse health consequences exists. FSIS issues a Public Health Alert for an imported product when the country of origin recalls the product. FSIS issues a recall for an imported product when the product is not presented for inspection at the U.S. border. The following product is subject to recall: 18 pound cases containing 1.5 pound packages of iCobblestone Farms Fully Cooked Pork Baby Back Ribs in Honey Garlic Barbeque Sauce” bearing package code iSell By 2015-AL-08” and case code i15201” The product bears the Canadian mark of inspection with establishment number i624.” The product was distributed to a retailer in New York.. The problem was discovered when FSIS import staff reviewed records and discovered that the independent third party carrier did not present product for USDA inspection at the U.S. Canadian border. FSIS and the company have received no reports of illness due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about illness should contact a healthcare provider. A failure-to-present (FTP) occurs when importers fail to present a shipment to FSIS for import inspection prior to the product entering U.S. commerce. Failure-to-present will result in the recall of the product. Presently, FSIS analysts compare Custom and Border Protection Automated Commerce Environment summary data to shipments received in the FSIS Public Health Information System to identify shipments that may not have been presented for inspection at the border. As part of this process, this only occurs after the product has entered U.S. commerce. FSIS is working on solu…