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Omaha Steve

(107,165 posts)
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 06:23 PM Sunday

58M pounds of corn dogs and sausage-on-a-stick products recalled because wood pieces may be inside

Source: AP

Updated 1:56 PM CDT, September 28, 2025

NEW YORK (AP) — About 58 million pounds of corn dogs and other sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled across the U.S. because pieces of wood may be embedded in the batter, with several consumers reporting injuries to date.

According to a Saturday notice published by the Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall covers select “State Fair Corn Dogs on a Stick” and “Jimmy Dean Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick” products from Texas-based Hillshire Brands, which is a subsidiary of Tyson Foods.

The contamination problem was discovered after Hillshire received multiple consumer complaints, the service notes, five of which involved injuries. The company later determined that a “limited number” of these products included “extraneous pieces of wooden stick within the batter,” Tyson said in a corresponding announcement — adding that it opted to initiate a recall “out of an abundance of caution.”

The recalled corn dogs and sausage-on-a-stick goods were produced between March 17 and as recently Friday, per Saturday’s recall notices. Tyson, which is headquartered in Arkansas, says the issue was isolated to one facility located in Haltom City, Texas.



Read more: https://apnews.com/article/corn-dog-recall-wood-injuries-a617f421508dd1ae10cd76e30e425126

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58M pounds of corn dogs and sausage-on-a-stick products recalled because wood pieces may be inside (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sunday OP
Kick. SheltieLover Sunday #1
That's a lot of stick food. O g trans fat though. twodogsbarking Sunday #2
If its "on a stick" I would not be surprised to find wood inside. milestogo Sunday #3
Pay off drumpf to have his FDA classify it as a "cellulose filler" ingredient JoseBalow Sunday #4
Is the pieces of wood from the stick ? JI7 Sunday #5
That's a valid question. taxi Sunday #6
We will be eating sawdust and scrap wood soon enough. ForgoTheConsequence Sunday #7
All natural. No artificial additives. Glorious bastard Sunday #9
MAHA ForgoTheConsequence 23 hrs ago #14
Wood cellulose is added to many manufactured food products, even that labeled, "organic". PufPuf23 Sunday #8
What the fuck you expect from "corndogs" and shitty "sausage on a stick"? Surprised there aren't fucking fingers & toes. SoFlaBro Sunday #10
Digits on a Stick! Jeffrey Dahmer approved! RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Sunday #11
I've never eaten either. Gimpyknee Yesterday #12
Campfire roasted marshmellows found with sticks inside. nt Hotler Yesterday #13
This looks like a Monty Python episode: Crunchy Frog CTyankee 22 hrs ago #15

taxi

(2,544 posts)
6. That's a valid question.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 07:19 PM
Sunday

For all we know they could be throwing broken pallets, crating materials, and landscaping debris into the mixers. It's all about keeping costs down, profits up, and having to make do with labor shortages.

PufPuf23

(9,603 posts)
8. Wood cellulose is added to many manufactured food products, even that labeled, "organic".
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:27 PM
Sunday

Health and other benefits are cited.

The food grade cellulose is pure, undigestible fiber. Various names are used on labels. It is an additive in various foods.

This recall appears to be wood contamination of wood not purified into cellulose only. Still is an interesting aspect of the modern manufactured food we buy and eat. Low calory bread and cheaper bread is often bread with
more cellulose. Cheaper grated cheese that does not clump? Yes, more cellulose from wood pulp. The use is ubiquitous.

Mostly the cellulose is cheaper and extends flour or other ingredients and eases handling and product life. The cited health benefits may be obtained from processed natural foods that are not from stems and branches of trees.

Do a search on wood cellulose in food. Here is an example.

Say What? There’s Wood Pulp in My Food?

Want a side of lumber with your dinner? That’s what you may be munching on if cellulose is on the ingredient list of your foods.

Food producers use this factory-made additive, crafted from miniscule pieces of wood pulp or other plant fibers, in processed foods all the time. Cellulose coats shredded cheese to keep it from clumping. It boosts the fiber content in white bread. It thickens foods—so that low-fat ice cream tastes just as creamy as the regular version. Cellulose adds bulk to foods without adding fat because we can’t digest insoluble dietary fibers. It’s in everything from baked goods to syrup to cereal.

“Well, that’s disgusting,” you say. “But I only buy organic food.” Sorry to say, but cellulose sneaks into organic foods as well, such as organic shredded cheese.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, only powdered cellulose in its least manipulated form can be used in foods labeled “organic” or “made with organic” ingredients. Well, that’s comforting, right? Didn’t think so.

The low cost of this synthetic additive, coupled with the rising cost of raw materials such as flour, oil and sugar is increasing its popularity among food producers.

Different forms of cellulose can also appear on labels under other names. Microcrystalline cellulose is labeled as MCC or cellulose gel and carboxymethyl cellulose is labeled as cellulose gum. They add different textures to foods by trapping various amounts of air or water.

https://www.organicauthority.com/health/say-what-theres-wood-pulp-in-my-food

SoFlaBro

(3,659 posts)
10. What the fuck you expect from "corndogs" and shitty "sausage on a stick"? Surprised there aren't fucking fingers & toes.
Sun Sep 28, 2025, 09:43 PM
Sunday

CTyankee

(67,118 posts)
15. This looks like a Monty Python episode: Crunchy Frog
Mon Sep 29, 2025, 12:09 PM
22 hrs ago

"Well if you took the bones out they wouldn't be crunchy."

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