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Food FSIS Class I Completed Mislabeling

King Tallow LLC Recalls Beef Tallow Products Produced Without Benefit of Inspection

King Tallow LLC Published Jun 13, 2025

Risk level

Class I

Dangerous or defective — could cause serious health problems or death.

Severity score 70/100

What should you do?

  • Check whether you have this product, using the lot codes, UPCs, and dates listed below.
  • Do not eat, serve, or sell the affected product.
  • Return it to the place of purchase for a refund, or throw it away in a sealed bag so people and animals can’t get to it.
  • Contact King Tallow LLC or your place of purchase with questions, and see the source record below for full details.
Reason for recall

WASHINGTON, June 13, 2025 – King Tallow LLC, in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, is recalling approximately 353 pounds of beef tallow that was processed, packaged, and labeled without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The beef tallow item was produced from 2023 through May 2025. The following product is subject to recall [ view labels ]: 10.5-oz. jars containing “GRASS FED Beef Tallow ARTISAN COOKING OIL by KING TALLOW.” This item was shipped to retail locations in Puerto Rico and do not bear the USDA mark of inspection. FSIS discovered the problem after FSIS received an anonymous consumer complaint about beef tallow products void of the federal mark of inspection being sold in a retail location in Carolina, Puerto Rico. FSIS determined that King Tallow LLC purchased beef fat from an FSIS-regulated facility and further processed into tallow, portioned into jars, and relabeled the product without the benefit of FSIS inspection. The beef tallow products contain a nutrition facts label, leading people to believe that the product is safe for human consumption. King Tallow LLC does not possess a federal grant of inspection and is not authorized to produce products intended for human consumption. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about a reaction should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ pantries. Retailers should not sell these products. Consumers should throw away these products or return them to the place of purchase. FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the retail distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls . Consumers and members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Joel Ramos, Owner, King Tallow LLC at [email protected] . Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to [email protected] . For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/ .

Affected products (1)

10.5-oz. jars containing “GRASS FED Beef Tallow ARTISAN COOKING OIL by KING TALLOW.”

21 lbs

Affected areas

Puerto Rico

Timeline

  1. Initiated
    Jun 13, 2025
  2. Published
    Jun 13, 2025
Recall number
022-2025
Agency
USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service
Country
US