Johnsonville turkey sausage recall initiated due to potential rubber contamination

Johnsonville recall overview: 

• Who: Salm Partners recalled 35,430 pounds of its Johnsonville turkey kielbasa sausage. 
• Why: The kielbasa may have included pieces of rubber, the turkey sausage recall says.
• Where: The Johnsonville recall is valid across the United States.

A new Johnsonville turkey sausage recall warns consumers not to consume certain turkey kielbasa sausage due to concerns the product was contaminated with pieces of rubber.

Johnsonville parent company Salm Partners LLC issued the turkey sausage recall for 35,340 pounds of its turkey kielbasa sausage. The recall involves 12-ounce packages containing a single Johnsonville Polish turkey kielbasa produced between Oct. 30 and 31, 2023, marked on the side with best-by dates of May 17 and 18, 2024, and establishment number P-32009.

The Johnsonville recall was issued through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) after customers complained of rubber in the ready-to-eat turkey kielbasa.

The turkey sausage was distributed to retailers across the United States. The FSIS says it is concerned some of the turkey sausage is in consumers’ refrigerators.

Johnsonville turkey sausage recall: Customers should return, throw out recalled sausage

Johnsonville says it has not received any reports of adverse effects related to the recall so far. The company is not facing legal action over the recall, but Top Class Actions follows recalls closely as they sometimes lead to class action lawsuits.

Consumers should return the ready-to-eat turkey sausage to the place of purchase or thow it out out, the turkey sausage recall says.

Consumers can contact Johnsonville Director of Global Corporate Communications Stephanie Schafer at 888-556-2728 or sschafer@johnsonville.com.

The USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline is 888-674-6854 or MPHotline@usda.gov. The Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System is also available for consumers to report meat, poultry or egg product safety issues.

Johnsonville recalled more than 42,000 pounds of ready-to-eat pork sausage links in June 2023 because they potentially contained black plastic fibers.

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