Idaho Smokehouse Partners LLC is withdrawing some of its beef items from the market following consumer complaints about contamination, according to the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).
The recall is applicable to “approximately 29,541 pounds of ready-to-eat beef stick products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal,” the agency said in a March 20 statement. “The problem was discovered after the firm notified FSIS that it received two consumer complaints reporting that pieces of metal were found in the product.”
FSIS classified the recall under the most severe “Class 1-High” category, referring to “a health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”…