Company recalls 2 million pounds of barbecue pork jerky that may contain metal wire

By JONEL ALECCIA A South Dakota company is recalling more than million pounds of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal federal physical condition administrators commented Friday Related Articles Rosa Parks and Helen Keller statues unveiled at the Alabama Capitol NFL reminds players of league gambling framework in light of federal indictments US coffee prices spike due to tariffs and poor weather mink circulated from Iowa farm in what agreement group calls terrorist act Pentagon accepts million donation to help pay the military during the authorities shutdown LSI Inc of Alpena voluntarily pulled the product after customers complained about finding pieces of wiry metal in the jerky according to the U S Agriculture Department Company executives declared the metal came from a conveyor belt used in production No proven injuries have been communicated The recall includes - -ounce and -ounce plastic pouches of meat jerky labeled Golden Island fire-grilled pork jerky Korean barbecue recipe Roughly four dozen lots of jerky are affected The products have a one-year shelf life with best-by dates ranging from Oct to Sept The packages contain the establishment number M A inside the USDA mark of inspection People shouldn t eat the recalled jerky and should throw it away or return it to stores for refund Contamination with rocks sticks insects and other foreign objects occasionally occurs in food produced in the U S Consumers who find foreign materials in food should notify manufacturers food safety experts commented The Associated Press Soundness and Science Department receives aid from the Howard Hughes Biological Institute s Department of Science Teaching and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The AP is solely responsible for all content