Here’s why 96,000 pounds of imported goat meat has been recalled across the United States
About 96,624 pounds of bone-in goat cubes and cuts have been recalled after making it from Australia to U.S. stores and possibly restaurants without being inspected by the USDA.
The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service’s recall notice says: “The problem was discovered during routine FSIS surveillance activities of imported products at retail stores.”
Dahlia Imports made the recall of these bone-in goat products sold under Western Exporters and Western Meat Exporters brands:
▪ 35.27-pound cases with shipping mark WEX11734A containing 2.2-pound bags of Western Exporters Bone-In Goat Cubed Pieces.
▪ 35.27-pound cases with shipping mark WEX11734B, WEX11734C or WEX11734D containing 2.2 pound bags of Western Exporters Bone-In Goat Skin-On Cubed Pieces Brown.
▪ 56-pound and 60-pound cases with shipping marks WEX11734E, WEX11734F, WEX11533A, WEX11533B, WEX11533C, or WEX11533D of Bone-In Goat Assorted Cuts Brown Skin-On.
The goat doesn’t have a USDA mark of inspection. The boxes have an Australian establishment seal of “101.” The alert says the goat went to food distributors in California, North Carolina, New York and Ohio. Distributors that sell to retail stores and restaurants. The recall notice says the goat were distributed to “Arizona and several other states.”
If you have this goat, return it to the store for a full refund or throw it in the garbage.
If you have questions about this recall, phone Dahlia CEO Ahmed Ladejobi at 973-688-8690.
