WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert for various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the country of Myanmar.

According to the agency, Myanmar is ineligible to export meat and poultry products to the United States. FSIS continues to investigate how the products entered the country.

The problem was discovered when FSIS performed routine surveillance at a retailer and found meat and poultry products from Myanmar that were not eligible for export to the US.

The products and labels in the attached list are subject to the public health alert, regardless of the product date. View labels [here].

The products subject to the public health alert do not bear any import marks on the labels. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

Retailers who have purchased the products are urged not to sell them.