Canned chicken Vienna sausages illegally imported from Jamaica were sold at retail stores in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a public health alert issued October 6. Jamaica is not eligible to export meat or poultry products to the United States.
No illnesses have been reported. The alert does not say the sausages are contaminated. It says they entered the country without going through the system that checks whether foreign meat and poultry meet U.S. safety standards.
