WASHINGTON — The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) issued a public health alert on Oct. 24 for various meat and poultry products that were illegally imported from the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

The following items are subject to the health alert regardless of the product date:

• 180-g. cans containing “BEST BEEF CURRY.”
• 425-g. cans containing “BEST Chicken Biryani.”
• 360-g. cans containing “Hti Mi Gwik Dry MoHinGa Paste.”
• 425-g. cans containing “BEST Myanmar Duck Blood.”
• 400-g. cans containing “Eain Chak MoHinGa Paste.”
• 160-g. vacuum sealed clear packages containing “Min Thar Gyi Dried Fish.”
• 400-g. cans containing “Eain Chak Coconut Soup Paste.”

The products do not bear an establishment number nor a USDA mark of inspection. They were shipped to retail locations in Arizona, California, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Texas.

FSIS first became aware of the problem while performing surveillance activities at a retailer. Inspectors found meat and poultry products from Myanmar that are not eligible to be exported to the United States. The agency is continuing to investigate how these products entered the country.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products, the agency said.