FDA Advises Consumers, Retailers, and Distributors Not to Eat, Sell, or Serve Products from Pan-African Food Distributors Inc. dba East Africa Boutique LLC
AUDIENCE: Consumer, Health Care Professional, Gastroenterology
ISSUE: The FDA is advising consumers and retailers not to eat, sell, or serve products distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors of Louisville, Kentucky. A May 2025 FDA inspection of the firm’s distribution center in Louisville, Kentucky revealed the presence of an active rodent infestation and numerous rodent droppings on multiple product containers. The state of Kentucky has mandated the firm halt operations due to the absence of a required permit and has implemented a blanket quarantine of product. The state is urging the voluntary disposal of all contaminated food and will prohibit the business from reopening until the infestation is completely addressed. FDA has recommended Pan-African Food Distributors recall all products of concern currently on the market, and the firm has agreed. FDA is issuing this public health alert to notify the customers and consumers about the public health risk that these products pose.
Products held under insanitary conditions and contaminated with filth could pose a serious health risk, potentially leading to various illnesses, including leptospirosis, hantavirus infection, salmonellosis, yersiniosis, E.coli infection, and rat-bite fever.
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BACKGROUND: Potentially contaminated products include various ready-to-eat and/or shelf stable food items including infant nutritional cereals, baking ingredients, and other food products imported and distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors Inc. doing business as (dba) East Africa Boutique LLC.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
Consumers should check their homes for the products distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors and discard all products. If you do not know if your product was distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors, throw it away. Additionally, consumers should carefully clean and sanitize surfaces that could have come in contact with potentially contaminated products. Consumers should contact their health care provider if they suspect they have developed symptoms as a result of eating these products.
Parents and caregivers should not feed children products distributed by Pan-African Food Distributors.
Retailers and distributors that purchased or received products from Pan-African Distributors should not sell or serve potentially contaminated products and should clean and sanitize any surfaces or containers that could have come in contact with potentially contaminated products.
Distributors that further distributed potentially contaminated products should notify their customers about this public health safety alert.