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Sausages, Hotdogs & Brats · barcode 00011152054926

Berkshire Pork Coarse Spicy Sausage

Jfc · JFC International Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of sausages, hotdogs & brats show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Partially hydrogenated oils

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
  • Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
  • Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source

Typical for sausages, hotdogs & brats

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 7 of 22, average 1.67, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 6 of 27, average 1, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 20 of 22, average 2.85, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 2 of 27, average 0.09, highest 1.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 0 of 22, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 2 of 22, average 0.33, highest 4.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Frankfurter (beef/pork), boiled: found in 18 of 20, average 11, highest 36 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pork sausage (link/patty), oven-cooked: found in 7 of 20, average 3.15, highest 41 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

: BERKSHIRE PORK, WATER, SALT,POTATO STARCH, DEXTROSE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, BROWN SUGAR, RED PEPPER, PAPRIKA, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOY BEAN AND SALT), NON FAT DRY MILK, WHITE PEPPER, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM NITRITE, SODIUM ACETATE, SPICES, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, TAPIOCA MALTODEXTRIN, RENDERED BACON FAT AND COOKED BACON (CURED PORK WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM NITRITE AND SMOKE FLAVOR), TORULA YEAST, NATURAL FLAVOR (WITH SMOKE FLAVOR), GARLIC POWDER. ONION POWDER, SOY FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN, MALTODEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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