Top Taste Food Warehouse Recalls Meat and Poultry Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

Recall date

August 6, 2019

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Recall number

082-2019

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Top Taste Food Inc.

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, Aug. 6, 2019 Top Taste Food Warehouse, a Brooklyn, N.Y. establishment, is recalling an undetermined amount of pork and chicken dumpling product because they were produced, packed, and distributed without the benefit of USDA inspection and used the mark of inspection without authorization, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen pork with vegetable dumpling and the chicken with vegetable dumpling items were produced July 30, 2018 through July 31, 2019. The following products are subject to recall: [ View labels (PDF only)] 136-oz (8.5-lbs) plastic bags containing approximately 100 pieces of TOP TASTE PORK & VEGETABLE DUMPLINGS. 136-oz (8.5-lbs) plastic bags containing approximately 100 pieces of TOP TASTE CHICKEN & VEGETABLE DUMPLINGS. The products subject to recall bear establishment number EST. 19856 inside the USDA mark of inspection.These items were shipped to wholesalers in New York. The problem was discovered on July 31, 2019 while FSIS was conducting surveillance activity. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about a reaction should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls . Consumers and members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Wan Tung Tong, Vice President of Top Taste Food Inc., at (917) 604- 6950. Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS vir…