Any meat items (including sukuti) are prohibited from being brought to the US from another country. It was a matter of luck if the customs at POEs did not detect the meat items and if custom officer detects them, one or all of the following things might happen (i have seen it happen first hand):

--Customs will fine (charges depend on the inspecting officer but these are expensive charges) the person who is bringing the meat item at POE for not declaring the food item in the Customs form
--Customs will flag the passport of the person bringing the meat item in their system, so every time this person tries to enter the US from a trip abroad, he/she will be taken to a separate area and carefully checked and vetted - an unnecessary hassle

So, be very careful about bringing or asking someone to bring the meat items to the US

The exception is: any meat product being imported to the US has to be inspected and approved by USDA, in the case of companies that import meat products from abroad for commercial use