US Issues Multi-State Health Alert Over Illegally Imported Meat

The food products are being sold without official USDA inspection marks and are subject to recall, regardless of the product date.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) building in Washington, on July 21, 2007. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health warning for meat products imported from Burma (also known as Myanmar).

The alert applies to various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Southeast Asian nation.