CLEVELAND, Ohio – A public health alert for potato-chip products containing chicharrón – pork cracklings – has been issued, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The products were imported from the Republic of Colombia, which is ineligible to export meat products to the United States.
A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase.
The items were shipped to distributors in Florida and New York and to retail locations nationwide.
The mixed bags were imported between August 2024 and March 2025. It affects the following products:
• 270-gram plastic bags containing six 45-gram foil bags of “De Todito Natural” mixed chips with “Chicharrón Americano Jacks,” “Margarita” and “Natu Chips.”
• 165-gram foil bags containing “De Todito Natural” mixed chips with “Chicharrón Americano Jacks,” “Margarita” and “Natu Chips.”
• 270-gram plastic bag containing six 45-gram foil bags of “De Todito BBQ” mixed chips with “Chicharrón Americano Jacks,” “Margarita” and “Natu Chips.”
• 165-gram foil bags containing “De Todito BBQ” mixed chips with “Chicharrón Americano Jacks,” “Margarita” and “Natu Chips.”
• 165-gram foil bags containing “De Todito Limón” mixed chips with “Chicharrón Americano Jacks,” “Margarita,” “Tostitos” and “Natu Chips.”
• 270-gram plastic bags containing six 45-gram foil bags of “De Todito Limón” mixed chips with “Chicharrón Americano Jacks,” “Margarita,” “Tostitos” and “Natu Chips.”
• 140-gram foil bags containing “Golpe Con Todo Sabor Limón” mixed chips with “Rizadas,” “Plátanos” and “Chicharrón Fred.”
The products subject to the alert do not bear import marks on the labels.
Consumers who have purchased these products are urged to throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.
More info
• Contact Jack Wilson, owner of LatinFood US, at [email protected] or 631-681-5276.
• For details on recalls and food-safety questions, call the USDA meat and poultry hotline, 888-674-6854 or chat via Ask USDA 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays. Consumers can email questions to [email protected]. For those who need to report a problem with a meat, poultry or egg product, the electronic consumer-complaint monitoring system is online. Recalls are posted online.
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