Warning: Pink rubber found in ready-to-eat sausage labeled '100% beef'
Label of the recalled sausage. (USDA)
Be on the lookout for a pre-cooked sausage in your frozen aisle in the grocery store.
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has issued a recall of Teton Waters Ranch cooked uncured polish sausage made with beef.
The reason: there could be pink rubber in the sausage, labeled as "100% grass-fed beef."
Stores selling the product got complaints from customers they found more than beef in their sausage.
WHAT TO KNOW:
- Items were packaged on June 17, 2019 and June 20, 2019.
- The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 5694” on the product packaging.
- 36-oz. packages containing three 12 oz. individually wrapped pieces of “TETON WATERS RANCH COOKED UNCURED POLISH SAUSAGE MADE WITH BEEF” with a Use/Freeze By SEP 16 2019 or Use/Freeze By SEP 19 2019.
- Shipped to retail locations in California and Utah.
The USDA issued a class-I recall for the brand Friday, which is considered a high health risk, due to "foreign matter contamination."