Sausage recall prompts ‘health hazard’ alert across three states

The recalled ‘Old World Italian Sausage’ (not pictured) were produced by Impero Foods & Meats, Inc. - (Getty Images)

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has issued a high-risk recall for approximately 7,485 pounds of raw Italian pork sausage products produced by Impero Foods & Meats, Inc., a Baltimore-based establishment.

On Friday, December 20, the FSIS designated the recall as Class I, describing it as a “health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.”