FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Beef and Pork Products Produced Without the Benefit of Inspection

Date

Mar 25, 2026

Company

FSIS

Product

5-lb. box of 8-oz. packages containing a VACUUM-PACKED piece of "BLACKWING ORGANIC MEATS ORGANIC BEEF NEW YORK STRIP STEAK," with "EST. 1996" inside the USDA mark of inspection.; 10-lb. box of 16-oz. packages containing a VACUUM-PACKED package of "BLACKWING ORGANIC MEATS ORGANIC GROUND BEEF."; 5-lb. box of 8-oz. packages containing a VACUUM-PACKED package of "BLACKWING ORGANIC MEATS GRASS FED ORGANIC BEEF STEW MEAT," with "EST. 1996" inside the USDA mark of inspection.; 5-lb. box of 8-oz. packages containing a VACUUM-PACKED piece of "BLACKWING ORGANIC MEATS ORGANIC BEEF STEAK STRIPS," with "EST. 1996" inside the USDA mark of inspection.; 1-lb. VACUUM-PACKED package of "BLACKWING MEATS BLACKWING BEEF GROUND FROM ORGANIC BEEF," without USDA mark of inspection.; 12-oz. VACUUM-PACKED package of "BLACKWING MEATS PORK GROUND MADE FROM ORGANIC PORK," without USDA mark of inspection.

Reason

Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

Hazard

Other

Source

USDA FSIS

How to identify the product

• Editor’s Note: Mar. 30, 2026 – The labels in this release were revised to remove unrelated product that was inadvertently included in the background of some photos.
• The first four products include the unauthorized use of establishment number "EST. 1996" inside a false USDA mark of inspection.
• These items were shipped to wholesale and retail locations nationwide.

Official notice (USDA FSIS)

Facts are taken from the official notice. If anything here differs from it, the official notice is correct.