Smith Packing, LLC, of Utica, NY, is recalling 18,792 pounds of various ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products because of sodium nitrite levels exceeding the regulatory limit, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

The issue was discovered after Smith Packing notified

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Summer sausage, kielbasa, bologna, bratwurst: The list goes on and on. There are so many varieties of sausage. How long can you store them — and where? Are they fully cooked or not? The following background information will answer these questions and others. Use the chart as a guideline for

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Daniele International LLC, of Mapleville, RI, is recalling 52,914 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) sausage products because of Listeria monocytogenes contamination, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announcement.

FSIS discovered the problem during routine inspection activities where Listeria monocytogenes was found on surfaces where

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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

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Milan Provisions Co. Inc., a Corona, NY, establishment, is recalling about 6,000 pounds of heat-treated, not fully cooked, not shelf stable chorizo sausage products made using a pork ingredient produced without the benefit of federal inspection, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

“FSIS
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Three consumers have complained about finding hard crystalline material in packages of raw ground chorizo sausage products. The USDA is warning consumers to look for the products, but a recall has not been issued.

“A recall was not requested because it is believed that the products are no longer available
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