Sausage Recall in Three Southern States As Warning Issued to Customers

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has announced a major recall of DJ’s Boudain sausages over concerns they may be contaminated with pieces of a pen.

Newsweek has contacted DJ’s Boudain for comment via email.

Why It Matters

The FSIS classified the recall alert as Class I High, meaning there is a reasonable probability that consuming the product could cause serious adverse health consequences or death.

What to Know

DJ’s Boudain, a company based in Beaumont, Texas, is recalling approximately 17,720 pounds of sausage link products over fears they contain a foreign object.

The fresh and frozen sausage link items were produced on January 23, 2025, and distributed to distributors, restaurants, and retail locations in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas.

The recalled sausage products bear the establishment number “EST. 13246” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

The issue was identified after a consumer complaint reported the discovery of a piece of a pen while eating the Original Boudain sausage links product. The consumer suffered an oral injury as a result.

This is the only reported injury associated with the sausages. The FSIS has not received any additional reports of illness related to the recalled products.

What People Are Saying

The FSIS, in a recall alert: “FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’, retailers’, and restaurants’ refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. Restaurants are urged not to serve these products. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.”

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), previously told Newsweek: “Most recalls in the U.S. are carried out voluntarily by the product manufacturer, and when a company issues a public warning, typically via news release, to inform the public of a voluntary product recall, the FDA shares that release on our website as a public service.“The FDA’s role during a voluntary, firm-initiated recall is to review the recall strategy, evaluate the health hazard presented by the product, monitor the recall, and, as appropriate, alert the public and other companies in the supply chain about the recall.”

What Happens Next

Anyone concerned about an injury after consuming the product should contact a healthcare provider.

The FSIS said it routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to ensure that companies inform their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to remove the product from the market.