Consumers are being warned not to eat them. Apparently, these snacks should have never been sold in the U.S. in the first place.
Chips From 2 Popular Brands Have Triggered a Nationwide Public Health Alert
Published on May 07, 2025
We just can’t help but reach for that bag of chips, even if we know we’d be better off snacking on fresh fruits and veggies. (Research has proven that chips—and other processed foods—can be just as addictive as cigarettes!)
But it’s not just the high fat and calorie content often associated with these crunchable products that you should be concerned about. A new report indicates that consumers should avoid eating seven different bagged chips…which evidently should not have been distributed in the United States to begin with.
Last Thursday, May 1, the Food and Safety Inspection Service (FSIS), a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced a public health alert for potato chip products that contain chicharrón, or pork cracklings, which are similar to pork rinds. These chips were reportedly imported from the Republic of Colombia, which is “ineligible to export meat products to the United States.”
It’s unclear from the FSIS report why Colombia is not allowed to export meat to the U.S. However, the FSIS website states that an eligible country must meet “the requirements of the inspection system that the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) determined equivalent to the United States inspection system.”
According to the health alert, the FSIS came across the issue while “performing routine surveillance activities at two retailers and found meat products from Colombia that are not eligible to be exported to the U.S.” This would appear to be the reason that the chips’ packaging does not feature any import marks on the label.
Though it does not provide the number of products affected, the FSIS alert states that the chips were imported to the U.S. between August 2024 and March 2025. They were reportedly shipped to distributors in two states—Florida and New York—as well as to retailers across the country.
The recalled bags of chips appear to be from the brands De Todito and Golpe con Todo. The FSIS report does not share which stores may have sold the chips, but a brief online search suggests Walmart and Amazon may both sell products from these brands online.
The FSIS also reported the following details about the recall:
- 270-g. plastic bag containing six 45-g. foil bags of “De Todito NATURAL” mixed chips with “CHICHARRÓN AMERICANO JACKS,” “Margarita,” and “NATU CHIPS.”
- 165-g. foil bags containing “De Todito NATURAL” mixed chips with “CHICHARRÓN AMERICANO JACKS,” “Margarita,” and “NATU CHIPS.”
- 270-g. plastic bag containing six 45-g. foil bags of “De Todito BBQ” mixed chips with “CHICHARRÓN AMERICANO JACKS,” “Margarita,” and “NatuChips.”
- 165-g. foil bags containing “De Todito BBQ” mixed chips with “CHICHARRÓN AMERICANO JACKS,” “Margarita,” and “NatuChips.”
- 165-g. foil bags containing “De Todito LIMÓN” mixed chips with “CHICHARRÓN AMERICANO JACKS,” “Margarita,” “TOSTITOS,” and “NATU CHIPS.”
- 270-g. plastic bag containing six 45-g. foil bags of “De Todito LIMÓN” mixed chips with “CHICHARRÓN AMERICANO JACKS,” “Margarita,” “TOSTITOS,” and “NATU CHIPS.”
- 140-g. foil bags containing “GOLPE CON TODO SABOR LIMÓN” mixed chips with “RIZADAS,” “PLÁTANOS,” and “Chicharrón Fred.”
The chips are no longer being sold in stores, which is why this event is considered a public health alert rather than a recall. However, the FSIS expressed concern that consumers may have the products in their home. The agency states that consumers should either discard the products or return them to the place of purchase.
Other details are available in the report link above.
There have not been any confirmed reports of adverse health issues as the result of eating the chips at this time.
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