Approximately 58 million pounds of corn dog and sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled because they may be contaminated with “extraneous material,” particularly pieces of wood embedded in the batter.

On Sept. 27, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced the recall from The Hillshire Brands Company.

The FSIS notes that the issue was discovered when Hillshire received multiple consumer complaints of wood in the batter, five of which involved injuries. After an investigation, the company determined that wooden sticks entered the production process prior to product battering.

The FSIS says it has received no additional reports of injury from consumption of these products thus far, but that anyone concerned about an injury should cont

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