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Bar-S Recalls 400K Pounds of Hot Dogs, Corn Dogs

The Oklahoma-based company issued the recall Tuesday for chicken and pork hot dogs and corn dogs

Bar-S Foods Company is recalling nearly 400,000 pounds of hot dogs and corn dogs due to possible listeria contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The Oklahoma-based company issued the recall Tuesday for chicken and pork hot dogs and corn dogs produced July 10 through 13 and sold nationwide, the USDA said.

Recalled products include:

  • 16-ounce packages of Bun Length Franks with a "use by" date of Oct. 11, 2016, and case code 209.
  • 12-ounce packages of Classic Franks with package code 6338, "use by"date of Oct. 10, 2016, and case code 6405.
  • 24-ounce cartons of Signature Pick 5 Corn Dogs with a "use by" date of April 6, 2017, and case code 6071.
  • 42.72-ounce cartons of Classic Corn Dogs with "use by"dates of April 7-8, 2017, and case code 6396.
  • 48-ounce cartons of Classic Corn Dogs with package code 14054, "use by" dates of April 6 and 9, 2017, and case code 14038.

Bar-S informed the Dallas office of the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service of the precautionary recall Tuesday. The company is awaiting test results but cited "recurring Listeria species issues at the firm," according to the USDA. No illnesses have been reported.

Consumption of food contaminated with listeria monocytogenes can lead to listeriosis. Symptoms include fever, muscle aches, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance and convulsions sometimes preceded by diarrhea or other gastrointestinal symptoms.

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The company is urging anyone who purchased these products to throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.

More information is available by calling the Bar-S Foods Consumer Hotline at 1-888-965-6134.

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