Following the recall the US Food Safety and Inspection Service FSIS instructed importers to hold product, which was presented for re-inspection.

Of the 188,522 lbs of chicken may be affected and 126,082 lbs is currently being held.

The agency is investigating the distribution of the remaining 62,440, lbs. and verifying if additional shipments are involved.

FSIS said it may expand the public notification and will take necessary and appropriate action after analyzing updated information received from the government of Chile.

The Chilean Ministry of Health and Ministry of Agriculture oversees the recall activities and investigations in Chile.

FSIS is performing effectiveness checks in the United States by verifying that those companies who have received implicated product from the Chile-initiated recall have been notified and that all adulterated product is held and destroyed.

FSIS said it had conducted an analysis of the Chilean test results and determined that the risk to consumers is negligible. FSIS continues to investigate distribution of the product and will take immediate action on new information.

FSIS said it has reason to believe, based on information provided by the Chilean Ministry of Agriculture, that recent shipments of poultry from Chile contain dioxin, and, because they have been recalled, they are unfit for consumption.

Therefore, all products produced at San Vicente establishment [Chilean establishment 0608] on the affected dates [29 May 2013 to 12 June 2013] are considered adulterated and should be destroyed.