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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced that Bob Evans Farms Foods, Inc., is recalling approximately 7,560 pounds of Italian pork sausage products for potentially having possible foreign matter contamination—specifically, “thin blue rubber.”
The problem was discovered once consumers complained to Bob Evans Farms Foods about finding the thin blue pieces of rubber in the sausage. There have been no official health problems reported to the FSIS from consuming the contaminated products.
Which products are recalled?
Only the Italian pork sausage products produced on Sept. 8, 2022 with the following details were recalled:
One pound “Bob Evans Italian Sausage” chubs with lot code XEN3663466 and a “USE/FRZ BY” date of Nov. 26, 2022, with a time stamp between 14:43 and 15:25.Products from establishment number “EST. 6785” found inside the USDA mark of inspection.If you have Bob Evans sausage in your fridge, the FSIS recommends checking to see if it is included in the recall. You can find the pertinent information label here. The sausage was distributed to retailers nation-wide.
What to do if you have potentially contaminated sausage?
The FSIS recommends that you do not eat the contaminated Italian sausage if you happen to have purchased it. Instead, they recommend disposing of it or returning it to where you originally bought it.
If you have questions or want to find out more information about the recall, contact Geo Money, director of communications for Bob Evans Foods, Inc. at 440-463-3264 or george.money@bobevansfoods.com.
If you think you might have consumed the product, report it here and call your medical provider. For general food safety questions, call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854 or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET Monday through Friday.
