WI Establishment Recalls Smoked Sausage Meat Products Due to Foreign Material - Black Plastic Fibers

Johnsonville, LLC, a Sheboygan Falls, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 42,062 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) “Beddar with Cheddar” pork sausage links that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically very thin strands of black plastic fibers.  The problem was discovered after the firm received one consumer complaint about the product containing very thin strands of black plastic fibers.

So what is a beddar?  I have no clue.  As far as I can tell, it is a made up word.  Perhaps to allow the company to add whatever they want into the product...(no standard of identity).  However, if someone knows otherwise, please let me know.

(But you can see it...some marketing type looking for a word that has not formal definition..in English....that can be used for some new concoction.)

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/johnsonville-llc-recalls-beddar-cheddar-ready-eat-pork-sausage-links-due-possible

Johnsonville, LLC, Recalls Beddar With Cheddar Ready-to-Eat Pork Sausage Links Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

WASHINGTON, June 15, 2023 – Johnsonville, LLC, a Sheboygan Falls, Wis. establishment, is recalling approximately 42,062 pounds of ready-to-eat (RTE) “Beddar with Cheddar” pork sausage links that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically very thin strands of black plastic fibers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The RTE pork sausage links were produced on Jan. 26, 2023. The following product is subject to recall [view labels]:

14-oz. vacuum-packed packages of “Johnsonville BEDDAR with CHEDDAR Smoked Sausage links MADE WITH 100% PREMIUM PORK” with a Best By 07/11/2023 C35 code date printed on the back.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 34224” inside the USDA mark of inspection. This item was shipped to retail locations in Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and Texas.

The problem was discovered after the firm received one consumer complaint about the product containing very thin strands of black plastic fibers.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of this product. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased this product are urged not to consume them. This product should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.

Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Amanda Fritsch, Consumer Relations Coordinator, Johnsonville, LLC, at 888-556-2728 or anachtweyfritsch@johnsonville.com. Members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Stephanie Schafer, Director of Global Corporate Communications, Johnsonville, LLC, at 920-453-4826 or SDlugopolski@johnsonville.com.