Hillshire Brands Recalls Smoked Sausage Due to Bone Fragments
Hillshire Brands is recalling smoked sausage products due to possible bone fragment contamination. One oral injury has been reported.
The agency’s classification
USDA FSIS: Class I
Class I is a situation in which there is a reasonable probability that the use of or exposure to a violative product will cause serious adverse health consequences or death.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 4/5 (Severe).
The hazard poses a serious risk of illness, injury, or structural failure. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The recall is classified as USDA Class I, which mandates a severity score of at least 4 per the rubric, and one oral injury has been reported.
Plain-English summary
The Hillshire Brands Company is recalling approximately 15,876 pounds of blended meat and poultry smoked sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically bone fragments. The recall was announced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) on September 2, 2023.
The affected product is a 14-oz. cryovac package containing one rope of "HILLSHIRE FARM SMOKED SAUSAGE MADE WITH PORK, TURKEY, BEEF." These items were produced on June 14, 2023, and bear the establishment number "EST. 756A" along with specific lot codes and a use-by date of November 11, 2023. The products were shipped to retail stores in California, Maryland, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
The recall was initiated after the company received consumer complaints regarding bone fragments in the product, and FSIS received one additional consumer complaint. There has been one reported oral injury associated with the consumption of this product. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Hillshire Brands Company Recalls Smoked Sausage Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
- Brand
- The Hillshire Brands Company
- Manufacturer
- The Hillshire Brands Company
- Category
- Food — Deli / Ready-to-Eat
Distribution
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