J Deluca Fish recalls 69,590lb of Siluriformes fish products in US

US-based seafood wholesaler J Deluca Fish Company, which does business as Nautilus Seafood, has issued a recall of approximately 69,590lb of Siluriformes fish products as they were not presented for import re-inspection in the US.

Additionally, the products were manufactured at a facility in Vietnam that was not eligible to export Siluriformes fish to the US.

The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) noted that the frozen Siluriformes products were imported from Vietnam into the US on various dates between August 2018 and January 2019.

The products that are subject to recall include packages containing two pieces of headless-cleaned yellow walking fish with varied packaging weights, as well as whole yellow walking fish packages. They are reported to have been distributed to various locations across the US.

The problem was discovered on 22 May 2019 during routine FSIS surveillance activities of imported products.

In another development, Richwell Group, which does business as Maxfield Seafood, has recalled approximately 160,020lb of Siluriformes fish products as they were not presented for import re-inspection into the US.

So far, there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions as a result of the consumption of these products. FSIS said that anyone concerned about a reaction should contact a healthcare provider.

Customers have been urged not to consume the products and to either throw them away or return them to the sellers.

Both these recalled products are classified as a Class I recall, indicating a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable chance that consumption of the product would lead to serious, adverse health consequences or death.