2,000 pounds of hot dogs recalled due to metal parts issues

More than 2,000 pounds of Vienna Beef hot dogs have been recalled as they could contain metal fragments, the US Food Department's Food Safety and Food Inspection Department said.

Chicago-style dogs, all packed in 10-pound boxes of skinless beef sausages with EST. 1 inside the USDA inspection mark – have been shipped to catering establishments in Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, according to the company. federal agency.

Products on May 2, potentially contaminated products were identified in an online announcement from the USDA.

"We picked it up about a week and a half ago," Tom McGlade, vice president of marketing for the Chicago-based company, told CNN. He stated that only a small number of restaurants were buying large 10-pound boxes and that as the company was recording the case numbers, it was able to identify the restaurants where the hot dogs had been delivered.

The recall was limited to restaurants and had "nothing to do with groceries," McGlade said.

According to the USDA, packages can be opened and still in refrigerators or freezers. Restaurants must discard or return them.

Until now, no health problems caused by the consumption of these products has been confirmed. Anyone concerned about a possible injury or illness should contact a health care provider.

The company discovered the problem and reported it to the USDA, which ranked it in category I, which means that there is a "reasonable probability" that the consumption of sausages produce "serious negative consequences for health or death".

McGlade said the press releases used images of the retail product, causing a "scary forest fire". The recall, however, was limited to packaged foodservice products, he said.

The Chicago-style hot dog was made by street cart vendors during the Great Depression, according to the company's 125-year-old website.