FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Various Soup & Bowl Products Due to Possible Extraneous Material Contamination
<p><strong>WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 –</strong> The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various soup and bowl products that may be contaminated with foreign
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- 2025-04-11T00:00:00+00:00
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<p><strong>WASHINGTON, April 11, 2025 –</strong> The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for various soup and bowl products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically wood, in an FDA-regulated ingredient, cilantro.</p> <p>The following products are subject to the public health alert [<a href="/sites/default/files/media_file/documents/PHA-04112025-Product-List.pdf">view products</a> & <a href="/sites/default/files/food_label_pdf/2025-04/PHA-04112025-Labels.pdf">labels</a>]:</p> <p>These items were shipped to retail and institutional locations in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. FSIS anticipates that other products may be added, which could result in nationwide impacts.</p> <p>The problem was discovered when an FSIS establishment notified FSIS that an FDA-regulated ingredient was recalled for foreign material.</p> <p>FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers' and institutional refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them and institutions are urged not to serve the products. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.</p> <p>Media and consumers should check this release frequently on the <a href="https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls">FSIS website</a> as additional products may be added.</p> <p>Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to <a href="mailto:MPHotline@usda.gov">MPHotline@usda.gov</a>. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at <a href="https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/">https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/</a>.</p>
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