Food Safety and Inspection Service issues Class 1 recall on corn dog and sausage on a stick products
Sep 27, 2025, 6:36 PM
The Hillshire Brands Company is issuing a recall of 58 million pounds of corn dog and sausage on a stick products that may have been contaminated with wooden fragments. (U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service)
(U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service)
SALT LAKE CITY — The Hillshire Brands Company, a subsidiary of Tyson Foods, issued a nationwide recall on Saturday of approximately 58 million pounds of corn dog and sausage on a stick products that may be contaminated with “extraneous material.”
The products, shipped between March 17, 2025 and Sept. 26, 2025, may have had pieces of wood embedded within the batter, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.
The products affected were sold online and shipped to retail and food service locations nationwide. According to the press release, these items were also sold to school districts and Department of Defense facilities nationwide. Products distributed to schools were purchased via commercial sales, and were not provided by the USDA for the National School Lunch Program.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service reported concerns that consumers may have affected products within their refrigerators and freezers, including schools and institutions.
The impacted products will have identifying codes on the packaging, with establishment number “EST-582” or “P-894” printed on the packaging. Products with either of the codes on their packaging should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service.
According to the press release, multiple consumer complaints were filed with the Hillshire Brands Company, including five complaints that involved injuries to persons consuming the impacted food. Hillshire Brands conducted an investigation into the contamination and discovered that the wooden fragments entered into the production process before the food items were battered.
Since the Food Safety and Inspection Service was made aware of the issue by the Hillshire Brands Company, no additional injuries have been reported, the press release stated. The Food Safety and Inspection Service encouraged those with concerns about injuries related to consuming these products to reach out to a healthcare provider.
These pieces of “extraneous material” prompted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service to issue a Class I recall. The press release describes Class I recalls as “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”
