Super World Trading recalls processed Siluriformes products in US

US-based company Super World Trading has recalled 26,270lb of imported ready-to-eat (RTE) Siluriformes products.

The company imported processed Siluriformes products from the People’s Republic of China.

According to the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the People’s Republic of China is ineligible to export processed Siluriformes products to the US.

China is eligible to export only raw Siluriformes products into the US but not processed items.

This issue was identified by FSIS during its routine surveillance of imported products.

The product being recalled is the 4.23oz (120g) plastic tray and cover packages containing ‘Golden Spoon Hot Pot Fish Chips’.

The products do not have an establishment number nor a USDA mark of inspection.

FSIS said that the items were shipped to retail and wholesale locations across the US.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to product consumption.

Customers have been urged not to consume the products and either dispose or return them to the place of purchase.

The recall is categorised as Class I, which indicates that consumption of the product could cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.

In a separate development, the Centre for Food Safety (CFS) of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department in Hong Kong suspended the import of poultry meat and products from Skåne County in Sweden.

The move was made by CFS after a notification was released by the Swedish Board of Agriculture about an outbreak of highly pathogenic H5N8 avian influenza in the Eslöv Municipality of Skåne County.

A CFS spokesman said: “The CFS has contacted the Swedish authorities over the issue and will closely monitor information issued by the World Organisation for Animal Health and relevant authorities on the avian influenza outbreak. Appropriate action will be taken in response to the development of the situation.”