A New York company has recalled nearly 19,000 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products after sodium nitrite levels ... were off-taste and off-color," the FSIS said ...

The recall was "due to sodium nitrite levels that exceed the regulatory ... after customers complained about their the taste and color. On Tuesday, April 29, Smith Packing, LLC issued a recall ...

The high sodium nitrite levels were detected “after the firm notified FSIS that it had received consumer complaints of products that were off-taste and off-color,” the government agency said.

increase their shelf life and maintain their color. However, high levels of sodium nitrite can be toxic to the human body and can cause death. Excessive sodium nitrate can make it difficult ...

Very high levels of sodium nitrite can kill you ... consumer complaints that the product tasted "off" and appeared off-color. Hospitalizations and Deaths From Contaminated Food Doubled in ...

On Tuesday, April 29, Smith Packing, LLC issued a recall of roughly 18,792 pounds of product in response to "sodium nitrite levels ... that were off-taste and off-color." There here has been ...

Smith Packing, LLC—based in Utica, New York—issued a recall due to "sodium nitrite levels that exceed ... the products "were off taste and off color," the FSIS said. As-Salaam Beef Breakfast ...

A New York company has recalled nearly 19,000 pounds of ready-to-eat sausage and sliced meat and poultry products after sodium nitrite levels ... were off-taste and off-color,” the FSIS said ...

According to FSIS guidelines, sodium nitrite is used to preserve meat and ... consumer complaints about the products' taste and color. As of Tuesday, there had been no confirmed illnesses related ...

The issue came to light after Smith Packing notified FSIS about consumer complaints citing unusual taste and color in the affected products. Testing later revealed sodium nitrite concentrations ...