FSIS issued a recall on July 27, 2023, of an undetermined quantity of frozen meat and poultry products produced by Kingsland Food Processing Corp. of Maspeth, New York, after FSIS inspectors discovered the firm was processing products in rooms outside its official establishment premises — bypassing federal inspection for products distributed to six states over nine months.

Kingsland Food Processing Corp. — Produced Without Federal Inspection / FSIS Recall (2023)

Outcome: FSIS issued a Class II recall on July 27, 2023, of an undetermined quantity of frozen meat and poultry products after FSIS inspection personnel directly observed Kingsland Food Processing Corp. producing products in rooms not within the official premises of its FSIS-registered establishment — meaning all such products were produced without the benefit of federal inspection and were legally adulterated; products had been distributed to New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, California, Florida, and Texas over nine months.

Kingsland Food Processing Corp. operates an FSIS-registered meat and poultry establishment in Maspeth, Queens, New York. Between November 1, 2022, and July 20, 2023, FSIS inspection personnel discovered that the firm was using production rooms outside its officially approved and inspected premises to process meat and poultry products. Under the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, all meat and poultry products processed at an establishment must be produced under continuous federal inspection; any product produced outside the officially inspected premises is deemed adulterated by law.

The FSIS recall, announced July 27, 2023, covered more than 50 product types including chicken skewers, beef bone, beef tripe, cut pork rib, pork liver, beef omasum, hotpot slice beef, lamb bone, and hot pot pork belly roll, among others. The recall classified an undetermined quantity because the off-premises production had not been tracked in the official inspection system. Products were distributed wholesale to customers in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania and through distributors to customers in California, Florida, and Texas. No adverse reactions were reported, but the recall was classified Class II due to the remote probability of adverse health consequences combined with the legal violation of producing without inspection.

Primary Source: Kingsland Food Processing Corp. Recalls Various Frozen Meat and Poultry Products | FSIS