USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service has successfully stopped Brazilian beef products contaminated with Ivermectin, a broad-spectrum anti-parasitic used as a de-worming agent in live animals, - from entry into the United States. FSIS has identified 12 instances of contamination since March 15. The FDA limit on Ivermectin trace in beef muscle is 10 parts per billion.
FSIS officials are still looking for several associated products with similar source materials that entered the country separately and those products are being recalled. Eighty-seven thousand pounds of beef products that may contain the animal drug are being recalled by Sampco Incorporated in Chicago. The products include 12-ounce cans of Libby's Corned Beef distributed to retail locations nationwide and 35-pound boxes of Seasoned Cooked Beef distributed to an establishment for further processing.
FSIS is taking additional actions regarding other lots of cooked beef products from Brazil. The agency plans to sample cooked beef product from other manufacturers of like product from Brazil at point of entry to ensure the problem is only associated with product from one location.
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