Corn Dog Recall Lawsuit Filed After 58M Pounds of Contaminated State Fair, Jimmy Dean Products Pulled from Stores

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The Hillshire Brands Company and Tyson Foods face a proposed class action lawsuit after the nationwide September 2025 recall of roughly 58 million pounds of State Fair- and Jimmy Dean-brand corn dog and sausage-on-a-stick products due to the foods’ potential contamination with wood chips embedded in the batter.

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According to the 14-page lawsuit, the State Fair and Jimmy Dean corn dog and sausage-on-a-stick products subject to the recall were manufactured and packaged between March 17, 2025 and September 26, 2025, and bear the establishment numbers EST-582 or P-894. The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) stated in an announcement that the recall was initiated after Hillshire received multiple consumer complaints, including five that involved reports of injuries.

Per FSIS, Haltom City, Texas-based Hillshire’s investigation determined that “wooden sticks” had entered into the foods’ production process prior to battering, causing the contamination.

The filing alleges that Hillshire failed to adequately or properly produce, monitor and inspect its products before they were distributed, and thereafter failed to warn consumers of the contamination in a timely manner, instead allowing the products to be sold to and consumed by unsuspecting customers for months.

Additionally, the complaint claims that, when the recall finally commenced, it was insufficient and ineffective in mitigating or compensating for the harm done by the potentially contaminated products. Overall, the corn dog recall was purposefully designed to preclude most consumers from obtaining a refund, the lawsuit charges.

“As a result of Defendant’s conduct, Plaintiff and the Putative Class Members suffered economic loss, including but not limited to the purchase price of the recalled products, and have been deprived of the benefit of their bargain,” the class action lawsuit contends. “No consumer would purchase the products knowing they contained or were at risk of containing foreign objects that ordinarily should not be consumed.”

According to the complaint, the corn dog recall was ineffective because it was not targeted specifically to reach those who had purchased the products at issue, as the initiative lacked both direct notice to known purchasers and a widespread ad campaign. Further, while the recall technically allowed for consumers to receive refunds for their contaminated products, the lawsuit notes that this would be incredibly difficult for most buyers, given that the majority of people do not keep receipts for consumable goods and would have either consumed the product, thrown it away or otherwise not kept the packaging.

A list of the specific State Fair and Jimmy Dean products included in the recall can be found here.

The corn dog recall class action lawsuit seeks to represent anyone in the United States who bought corn dog or sausage-on-a-stick products that were included in the September 27, 2025 recall, including those with the establishment numbers EST-582 or P-894 that were manufactured and packaged between March 17 and September 26, 2025.

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