--- title: Jimmy Dean Sausage Links Recalled After Metal Contamination description: More than 29,000 pounds of Jimmy Dean sausage links were recalled after five customers reported finding metal pieces in the food. canonical: https://time.com/5476640/jimmy-dean-sausage-recall/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-12-11T15:21:03.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T22:14:52.515Z article:section: Health og:title: Jimmy Dean Sausage Links Recalled After Metal Contamination og:description: Officials are asking people to throw away or return them og:url: https://time.com/5476640/jimmy-dean-sausage-recall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e9052f6c6e1c0fb/6989414222fb852da5e27607/jimmy-dean-sausage-recall.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: jimmy-dean-sausage-recall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Jimmy Dean Sausage Links Recalled After Metal Contamination twitter:description: Officials are asking people to throw away or return them twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e9052f6c6e1c0fb/6989414222fb852da5e27607/jimmy-dean-sausage-recall.png?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More Than 29,000 Pounds of Jimmy Dean Sausage Links Recalled Due To Metal Contamination by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 11, 2018 3:21 PM UTC  USDA by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Dec 11, 2018 3:21 PM UTC The company that produces Jimmy Dean meat products is recalling tens of thousands of sausage links because they may contain metal fragments. CTI Foods LLC issued a recall for 29,028 pounds of Jimmy Dean frozen pork and poultry sausage links after five customers [reported finding metal pieces](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2018/recall-120-2018-release) in the food to a Tennessee establishment where the meat product had been shipped. The Food Safety and and Inspection Service said it received a notification about the complaints on Dec. 10. The sausage products subject to recall were produced and packaged on Aug. 4, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The specific products affected are 23.4-ounce pouches of Jimmy Dean Heat ‘n Serve Original Sausage Links Made with Pork & Turkey with a use-by date of Jan. 31, 2019. No injuries or illnesses have been reported as yet due to people eating the metal-contaminated sausage links. 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