Plastic causes the recall of over 46,000 pounds of sausage that went to 12 states

Plastic doesn’t make the long list of ingredients that can go into sausage, which is why the latest not-food-in-your-food recall involved 46,734 pounds of link sausage Thursday.

“The problem was discovered when the establishment received consumer complaints of extraneous material in the pork sausage products,” states the USDA-written recall notice, which also says the unauthorized additives were “pieces of clear hard plastic.”

All four brands -- the house brands for the Meijer, Giant Eagle and Schnucks supermarket chains and two varieties of Bob Evans -- were made on Aug. 1 by Bob Evans. They went to stores in North Carolina, New York, New Jersey, Indiana, Illinois, Virginia, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Missouri, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

The products recalled are:

▪ Bob Evans Maple Pork Sausage Links, 12-ounce packs, use by Oct. 16 or Oct. 19, lot No. 8213.

▪ Bob Evans Brown Sugar & Honey Sausage Links, 12-ounce packs, use by Oct. 16, lot No. 8213.

▪ Fresh From Meijer Maple Flavored Sausage Links, 12-ounce packs, use by Sept. 6, lot No. 8213.

▪ Giant Eagle Maple Pork Sausage Links Caramel Color Added, 12-ounce packs, use by Sept. 10, lot No. 8213.

▪ Schnucks Maple Recipe Breakfast Sausage, 12-ounce packs, lot No. 8213.

Customers are asked to throw the sausage out or return them to the store for a refund. Those with questions can call Bob Evans Farms at 1-800-939-2338.

This story was originally published September 13, 2018 at 6:38 PM.