58 Million Pounds of Corn Dog and Sausage On A Stick Products Recalled due to Wood Contamination
This is a big one, announced yesterday!
The Hillshire Brands Company, a Haltom City, Tex. establishment, is recalling approximately 58,000,000 pounds of corn dog and sausage on a stick products that may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically pieces of wood embedded in the batter, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.
The corn dog and sausage on a stick products were packaged between March 17, 2025, and September 26, 2025. A list of the products subject to recall can be found here: [view product list]. The labels for the impacted products can be found here: [view labels].
The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST-582” or “P-894” printed on the packaging. These items were sold online and shipped to retail and food service locations nationwide. They were also sold to school districts and Department of Defense facilities nationwide. While the products were distributed to schools, it resulted from commercial sales and not part of food provided by the USDA for the National School Lunch Program.
The problem was discovered after the establishment received multiple consumer complaints, five of which involved injuries. The Hillshire Brands Company conducted an investigation and determined that the wooden sticks entered the production process prior to product battering.
Must be up there in the top ten of recalls in terms of quantity? Also this is 6 month's production, difficult to believe that they weren't aware of the problem before now.
Regards,
Tony
I have done some production with wooden skewers. It's a challenge. I never felt confident it wouldn't splinter. I'm not sure if I'm right but reading this I'm wondering if there was a rework process they didn't properly risk assess which they're now realising was more of a problem than they thought.
Some of our products go onto bamboo skewers and I'm always concerned about them splintering as well. I'm going to print off the article and post it on the food safety board in that plant, as a reminder to be careful when they are working with the skewers.
Since it's been six months of production, I wonder if the products were frozen and it's only taking until now for that inventory to start being used?