Boston Company Recalls Nearly 25,000 Pounds of Buffalo Chicken Over Missing USDA Inspection
Shanghai Ravioli Corporation's frozen buffalo chicken rangoon and mozzarella sticks carried a false USDA mark and went to foodservice buyers in five New England states, in what regulators call a Class I recall.
Meridians Life Desk
Published 30 August 2026 · Updated 30 August 2026 · 3 min read
FoodThe short answer
- Shanghai Ravioli Corporation, a Boston-area processor, recalled about 24,900 pounds of frozen buffalo chicken rangoon and buffalo chicken mozzarella sticks on August 26, 2026, after USDA found the products were made without required federal inspection.
- USDA classified it a Class I recall, its highest-risk category, because uninspected product could contain undeclared allergens or harmful bacteria that were never checked for.
- The products, produced between July 8, 2025 and June 29, 2026, went to foodservice locations, not retail stores, in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont.
- No illnesses have been reported. USDA discovered the issue through its own surveillance, not a consumer complaint.
A Boston-area food processor has recalled nearly 25,000 pounds of frozen buffalo chicken products after federal inspectors found they were made without the government inspection required for meat and poultry, and bore a USDA inspection mark they had not earned.
What's affected
- Products: Buffalo Chicken Rangoon (100-piece boxes) and Benedetto's Buffalo Chicken Mozzarella Sticks (120-piece boxes)
- Producer: Shanghai Ravioli Corporation, Boston, MA (Establishment No. 18004)
- Produced July 8, 2025 through June 29, 2026, with sell-by dates running through June 29, 2027
- Distributed to foodservice accounts in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, not retail shelves
Why it's a Class I recall
USDA's Food Safety and Inspection Service found the products during its own surveillance work, not from a consumer complaint or illness report. It classified the recall Class I, the agency's term for a reasonable probability that eating the product could cause serious health consequences or death, because product made without inspection was never checked for undeclared allergens, harmful bacteria or other contamination.
What foodservice buyers should do
Restaurants, caterers and institutions in the five affected states should check freezer inventory for these items and not serve them. FSIS says the product should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. Because distribution was limited to foodservice accounts, home cooks are unlikely to have bought these products directly, though they may have eaten them at a restaurant or cafeteria without knowing it.
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