The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) published a recall notice on Wednesday, August 26, for 24,900 pounds of chicken products. The recall reportedly impacts foodservice businesses in New England, specifically Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says two separate frozen, not-ready-to-eat Buffalo chicken-flavored products from Boston-based Shanghai Ravioli Corporation, Inc. are being pulled. FSIS surveillance found that products named “Buffalo chicken rangoon” and “Benedetto’s Buffalo chicken mozzarella sticks” apparently have “false marks of inspection” with “EST. 18024.”

The cited reason suggests the matter may follow a recent trend where the USDA is clamping down on imported foods. An industry trade site refers to Shanghai Ravioli Corporation as a “distributor of pasta and other goods,” which means they could be involved in importing. The FSIS’s image of the products does not show a country of origin, but sources have explained that animal-sourced foods brought in from foreign countries need to be inspected once they reach the U.S.

Other recent USDA recalls for the same reason affected soup and bacon, both from Canada. Wednesday’s FSIS announcement states, “Food produced without inspection may contain undeclared allergens, harmful bacteria, or other contaminants that put consumer health and safety at risk.” The FSIS lists the recall as a Class I, which they deem as a high or medium risk, used when “there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.” The agency urges businesses not to serve the product and to discard or return them to the place of purchase.