Fontanini Pork Sausage Recall: What Restaurants and Diners Should Check
Fontanini Foods LLC recalled about 2,320 pounds of raw, frozen pork sausage links because they may contain clear, hard plastic, according to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). The product was distributed to food-service distributors in California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada—not for direct retail sale to household shoppers.
Restaurants and other food-service operators should check their inventory and keep any matching product out of service. Diners with questions about sausage served at a restaurant can contact the restaurant and ask whether it checked the recall notice.
How to identify the recalled sausage
FSIS says the affected product is packed in 10-pound cases labeled “Fontanini PORK SAUSAGE LINKS.” The notice identifies it as item 393, packed June 23, 2026, and bearing establishment number EST. 6944.
- Product: Raw, frozen pork sausage links
- Case size: 10 pounds
- Label: “Fontanini PORK SAUSAGE LINKS”
- Item number: 393
- Packed: June 23, 2026
- Establishment number: EST. 6944
- Distribution: Food-service distributors in California, Florida, Michigan and Nevada
What restaurants should do
Check case labels, including the item number, pack date and establishment number. If a case matches the notice, do not serve the sausage. Make sure the product is kept out of food preparation and service while the operator follows the recall notice and any applicable distributor or company instructions.
This notice concerns product distributed for food-service use. It does not identify a direct-to-consumer retail sale, so household shoppers do not need to treat ordinary retail sausage as affected based on this notice alone. The listed identifiers and distribution details are specific to the recalled cases.
What diners can do
If you are concerned that a restaurant may have served the recalled sausage, contact the restaurant and ask whether it checked the Fontanini recall notice and confirmed its product was not affected. The notice does not identify restaurants that served the product, so it is best to ask the business directly rather than assume a particular restaurant was involved.
FSIS reported no confirmed injuries or adverse reactions related to the recalled product. The recall is based on the possibility that the sausage links may contain clear, hard plastic. Restaurants should use the case details to check their stock, and diners can direct questions to the restaurant.
