Kent Quality Foods Recalls Sausage Due to Foreign Matter
Kent Quality Foods is recalling ready-to-eat Polish sausage products due to possible contamination with flexible pink rubber pieces.
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 source text explicitly classifies the recall as 'Class I' (USDA Class I), which mandates a severity score of at least 4 according to the rubric, despite the lack of reported illnesses.
Plain-English summary
Kent Quality Foods, Inc., a Grand Rapids, Michigan establishment, is recalling approximately 48,681 pounds of ready-to-eat Polish sausage with beef products. The recall was initiated because the products may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of flexible pink rubber.
The affected products are 36-oz. packages containing three 12 oz. individually wrapped pieces of TETON WATERS RANCH COOKED UNCURED POLISH SAUSAGE MADE WITH BEEF. These items were packaged on June 17, 2019, and June 20, 2019, and bear establishment number EST. 5694. The products were shipped to retail locations in California and Utah.
The issue was discovered after the firm received two complaints from retailers regarding extraneous materials on July 17 and July 18, 2019. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Consumers who have purchased these items are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.
The recalled product
- Product
- Kent Quality Foods, Inc. Recalls Ready-To-Eat Sausage Products due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
- Brand
- Kent Quality Foods Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Kent Quality Foods Inc.
- Category
- Food — Sausage
- Hazard
Distribution
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