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Consumer complaint about plastic in sausages prompts recall

Consumer complaint about plastic in sausages prompts recall
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today that Sunset Farm Foods Inc., of Valdosta, GA., is recalling  4,480 pounds of chicken and pork smoked sausage products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of thin blue plastic.

The problem was discovered when the establishment reported to FSIS that it received consumer complaints reporting thin blue plastic embedded inside the pork and chicken sausage product.

The fully cooked chicken and pork smoked sausage items were produced on June 30 There is concern that some consumers may have frozen the products and still have them in their home freezers..

These items were shipped to retail locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia and North Carolina.

The following product is  subject to recall:

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P 9185” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

As of the posting of this recall, there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to the consumption of these products.

These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

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