47,000 pounds of links can contain pieces of plastic

Bob Evans Farm Inc. has recalled nearly 47,000 pounds of pork sausage, while authorities fear the products will be contaminated with plastic. The sausages were removed from the sale after a customer complained of finding plastic in his food.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) of the United States Department of Agriculture, notified of sausages produced on August 1, 2018, may contain pieces of hard and transparent plastic.

The Ohio-based company recalled five 12-ounce pork sausages with lot code 8213: maple pork sausage Bob Evans; Sausages with brown sugar and honey; Fresh from maple-flavored sausages Meijer; Breakfast sausage links to maple and pork Giant Added caramel color; and breakfast sausage with maple recipe Schnuks.

According to FSIS, approximately 46,734 pounds of pork sausage may contain pieces of hard plastic. Getty Images

"These products must be discarded or returned to the place of purchase," FSIS said in a statement.

According to the agency, the sausages were transported to Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin.

No reports of adverse effects to the recalled products have been reported.

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"Anyone affected by an injury or illness should contact a health care provider," said FSIS.

FSIS has urged customers who have purchased and frozen Bob Evans sausages to verify that they do not come from the potentially contaminated lot. Bob Evans did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The packaging of one of the Bob Evans sausage products recalled. Bob Evans

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The agency classified the recall in class two, defined as "a health hazard situation where there is a low probability of adverse health consequences from product use".

The recall comes after Wayne Farms took out hundreds of thousands of pounds of cooked chicken in early September after a customer found a piece of metal in a product on July 27th.

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) said the 438,960 pounds of chicken had been cooked, packaged and frozen between July 4 and July 17.

Among the items removed were diced white meats, diced chicken and broiled white chicken strips.

The recall has been categorized as Category 1: "A health hazard situation where there is a reasonable likelihood that the use of the product will result in serious or even harmful health consequences."

No injuries or illnesses have been reported.