Nationwide meat recall hits 168,000 pounds of pork, beef, and goat after USDA uncovers ‘false’ marks

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is urging consumers not to eat certain pork, beef, and goat meat products after it found that nearly 168,000 pounds were labeled with false inspection marks. This false labeling means that the meat’s safety cannot be guaranteed, and in the worst-case scenario, consuming it could cause serious adverse health consequences, including death. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? On Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a notice alerting the public that approximately 167,639 pounds of raw pork, beef, and goat products bearing false establishment numbers were distributed nationwide. These false USDA marks of inspection mean that the meat included in the recall did not undergo legally required safety inspections, the notice states. Because of that, the meat’s safety cannot be guaranteed, so it is treated as unsafe to consume. The FSIS has thus given the recall a Class 1 designation, which the agency says means “there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.” The meat is bei…