Protecting families from contaminated food and water
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Protecting families from contaminated food and water
Posted in Our Blog,Outbreaks & Recalls on October 22, 2025
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a corn dog recall after at least five people have been injured.
The reason for the nearly four-million-pound corn dog recall?
Foreign object contamination.
Here’s what we know about the situation so far.
Foster Poultry Farms, LLC, of Livingston, California, issued a recall for 3,961,138 pounds of chicken and turkey corn dog product because they “may be contaminated with extraneous material.” The recall announcement explains that small pieces of wood were embedded in the batter.
The USDA has assigned this corn dog recall the highest level under their recall classification structure.
A Class I recall represents a “high or medium risk.” These products present a health hazard situation where there is “a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”
This is the most serious. As I am sure you would agree, unknowingly consuming wooden splinters is pretty serious.
To put this into perspective, Class II recalls offer a low risk, meaning that while the recall involves a health hazard situation, the probability of adverse consequences is “remote.” Class III involves only a marginal risk where the adverse health consequences are “negligible.”
Considering the reports of injury relating to this product, a Class I designation is apt.
According to the press release, the USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service (FSIS) received at least one consumer complaints about the product. Foster Farms received several complaints as well. Of which, five involved injuries.
The ages and locations of those injured by products involved in the Foster Farms corn dog recall were not publicly available.
The Foster Farms products subject to recall include several varieties of batter wrapped chicken or turkey franks on a stick.
The complete list of recalled products can be found here: Foster Farms Products Subject to Recall
Affected products were produced between July 30, 2024 and August 4, 2025 and bear the USDA establishment number “P-6137B” inside the USDA mark of inspection or printed on the package.
Products were shipped to retail and institutional locations nationwide, including Department of Defense and USDA Commodity Foods donation sites. The product was also distributed to schools; however it was not part of food provided by the USDA National School Lunch Program.
One of the USDA’s concerns for this product recall, is that the product is sold and stored frozen. These products can remain in consumers’ refrigerators and freezers for quite some time. Well after the recall has been announced.
If recalled product has not been consumed, consumers are urged to throw it away or return it to the place of purchase.
If you have consumed recalled product and have been adversely affected by it, it is a good idea to retain remaining product and packaging for traceback investigation purposes. Bag up and clearly mark product so that it will not be further consumed and reach out to your local health department or the FSIS online reporting link here: https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/
Quite a bit can go wrong when a person consumes something they aren’t meant to. In this case, wood fragments.
Other foreign objects associated with food recalls include metal shavings, hard plastic pieces, glass shards and others. According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the most reported consumer complaint of foreign material resulting in illness or injury was glass.
The outcome of accidental ingestion of foreign objects depends both on the type of contamination and where the sharp object ends up. Some of the more common injuries include the digestive tract, mouth and teeth, and hands.
Consuming food contaminated with hard or sharp foreign objects may cause serious injury to parts of the digestive tract that it comes in contact with. These include, but are not limited to:
The mouth and teeth may become injured or damaged as a result of consuming hard or sharp foreign objects. These injuries include, but are not limited to:
Mouth and throat lacerations are among the most commonly reported injuries reported to the FDA’s consumer complaints system.
Generally, ingested foreign objects will pass naturally through the digestive system somewhere between 4 to 7 days about 85% of the time. Around 1 to 5% of foreign object contamination consumption situations will result in injury.
Always contact your health care provider if you feel you have consumed something contaminated with a foreign object. If you have consumed a product that was recalled for foreign object contamination, it is a good idea to see your health care provider to be sure that no injury took place. After receiving medical attention, it is a good idea to reach out to a Foreign Objects Contamination Lawyer. Our foreign object contamination lawyers offer free consultations.
If you or a loved one have been impacted by this foreign object corn dog recall, The Lange Law Firm, PLLC can help! The firm is dedicated to protecting the rights of foreign object contamination victims and work ward to make sure that you receive the compensation that you deserve.
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By: Heather Van Tassell (contributing writer, non-lawyer)