58M pounds of corn dogs, sausage recalled over wood pieces in batter

About 58 million pounds of corn dog and sausage-on-a-stick products are being recalled after wood pieces were discovered in the batter, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said Monday.

Hillshire Brands, a Texas-based subsidiary of Tyson Foods, said it received multiple customer complaints about wood pieces in the corn dogs and sausage sticks, five of which involved injuries. 

It then launched an investigation and found that wooden sticks had entered the production process ahead of the battering stage for its State Fair Corn Dogs on a Stick and Jimmy Dean Pancakes & Sausage on a Stick.

The recall covers products packaged between March 17, 2025, and September 26, 2025, with numbers “EST-582” or “P-894” on the packaging. 

FSIS said it is concerned that some of the potentially tainted products “may be in consumers’ refrigerators and freezers, along with school and institution refrigerators and freezers.”

Hillshire’s corn dog and sausage on a stick products were sold online and shipped to retail and food service locations nationwide – including school districts and Department of Defense facilities.

The food safety agency is urging consumers to throw away the products or return them to their place of purchase.

Products included in the recall were only produced at Hillshire’s Haltom City facility in Texas.

“This issue is isolated, and no other State Fair or Jimmy Dean brand products are impacted,” Tyson Foods said in a statement.