Some Cher-Make sausages recalled

The Brillion News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Cher-Make Sausage Company of Manitowoc is recalling approximately 429-lbs of fully-cooked meat sausage products due to misbranding and an undeclared allergen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced Friday, September 11.

The product contains milk (cheese), which is not declared on the packaging label.  The product labeled as “Old Fashioned Wieners” may contain cheddar wieners product.

The product was produced on July 23, 2020.

The following product is subject to recall:

Five-pound vacuum-sealed packages labeled as “OLD FASHIONED WIENERS COURSE GROUND FULLY COOKED” with sell by date “11/26/20” and lot number “2020503” on the product label.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. 2420” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

These items were shipped to retail locations in Illinois, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin and may have been sold intact or from a counter display as individual sausages.

The problem was discovered after the firm received a complaint from a store employee who observed cheese in the product.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.

Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in retailer and consumers’ refrigerators. Retailers who have obtained these products are urged not to sell them.

Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them.

These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Tom Chermak, Cher-Make Sausage Company President, at TomC@Cher-make.com or by calling 920-683-5980. 

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-674-6854).

For consumers who need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.