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Sausages, Hot Sauce, and Tortilla Chips Recalled

The presence of hard plastic pieces or undeclared allergens led to a number of recent product recalls.
Sausages, Hot Sauce, and Tortilla Chips Recalled
FDA; FSIS/USDA (2)
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Published on April 7, 2025
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Check your fridge and pantry: The following foods were recalled recently because of potential safety issues.

Johnsonville Cheddar Bratwurst Recalled for Hard Plastic Contamination

Johnsonville recalled more than 20,000 pounds of cheddar bratwurst after customer complaints of hard plastic contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).

Johnsonville recalled 19-ounce packages of “Johnsonville BRATS CHEDDAR Bratwurst,” which contained five brats and had the package code “B9FOD” and “Est. 1647” as the establishment number.

The recalled cheddar bratwurst was shipped to stores in Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin.

There have been no reports of injuries related to this recall.

The affected bratwursts should be thrown away or returned to where they were purchased for a refund. The FSIS urged consumers to check their freezers in case they stored the recalled brats for future use.

Anyone with questions about the recall can contact Amanda Fritsch, consumer relations coordinator, at 888-556-2728 or anachtweyfritsch@johnsonville.com.

Texas Pete Habanero Hot Sauce Varieties Recalled for Undeclared Sulfites

The T.W. Garner Food Company has recalled some sizes of Texas Pete Habanero Buffalo Sauce because the bottles are mislabeled and may in fact contain sriracha sauce. The sriracha sauce contains undeclared sulfites, which may pose serious or life-threatening risk to people with allergies or severe sensitivities to sulfites, according to an announcement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

No illnesses have been reported to date.

The company has also recalled Texas Pete Sweet CHAbanero Sauce because the bottles didn’t list the ingredient “aged peppers (red habanero peppers, salt, vinegar).”

The following Texas Pete hot sauces were recalled:

PRODUCT
SIZE
UPC
USE BY DATE/MFR CODES
Texas Pete Habanero Buffalo Sauce
2 fl oz
0 75500 28125 9
BB120525
Texas Pete Habanero Buffalo Sauce
12 fl oz
0 75500 10028 4
BEST USED BY 11 07 25
Texas Pete Sweet CHAbanero Sweet Sriracha Habanero Sauce
2 fl oz
0 75500 53125 5
BB 090427M
Texas Pete Sweet CHAbanero Sweet Sriracha Habanero Sauce
2 fl oz
0 75500 53125 5
BB 082627M
Texas Pete Sweet CHAbanero Sweet Sriracha Habanero Sauce
20 fl oz
0 75500 00530 5
Best Used By: 08 02 27 F
Texas Pete Sweet CHAbanero Sweet Sriracha Habanero Sauce
0.5 Gallon
0 75500 00536 7
BEST USED BY 07 23 27 T 088224

The recalled hot sauces were shipped to distributors and stores in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Jersey, Ohio, Virginia, and Vermont.

The affected hot sauces should be thrown away or returned to where they were purchased for a refund.

Anyone with questions can contact Katerine Cardoso, the director of quality assurance at 336-231-6417 or by email at ContactUs@garnerfoods.com.

Tostitos Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips Recalled for Undeclared Milk Allergen

Frito-Lay today has recalled about 1,300 13-ounce (oz) bags of Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips because they may contain nacho cheese tortilla chips, which would mean undeclared dairy. The recalled tortilla chips can pose a serious or life-threatening risk to people with an allergy or severe sensitivity to milk.

The specific manufacturing codes of affected chips can be found on the FDA’s website.

The recalled chips were shipped to grocery, convenience, and drugstores, as well as e-commerce distributors, in the following 13 states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.

The chips would have been available for sale as early as March 7, 2025.

There have been no allergic reactions reported so far related to this recall. No other Tostitos products, flavors, sizes, or variety packs have been recalled.

Unless you are allergic or have a sensitivity to milk, the chips are safe to eat.

Anyone with questions can contact Frito-Lay at 800-352-4477.

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Resources
  1. Johnsonville, LLC, Recalls Cheddar Bratwurst Product Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination. U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). April 5, 2025.
  2. T.W. Garner Food Company Issues Recall on Texas Pete Habanero Buffalo Sauce Due to Potential Presence of Undeclared Sulfites and Sweet CHAbanero Sweet Sriracha Habanero Sauce Due to Mislabeling. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. April 3, 2025.
  3. Frito-Lay Issues Limited Recall for Tostitos Cantina Traditional Yellow Corn Tortilla Chips for Undeclared Milk. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. March 27, 2025.
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