Georgia Reds Chicken And Pork Red Hots Sausage, Chicken And Pork
Sunset Farm Foods Inc. · Sausages, Hotdogs & Brats · barcode 00028042002929
What stands out
- From the label
The ingredients list Red No. 40 (Allura Red) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives2 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. 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 2022-12-07). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Rules that apply to more than one of these
- US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
- EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to all of them.
- California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
- Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
- 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. Applies to all of them.
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
Only the shared rules above.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
Only the shared rules above.
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.
- Perchlorate: typically 5.5 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.5 kg (3.3 lb) a day; an adult at about 6.9 kg (15 lb).One serving (2 oz, 56 g, from the label):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 7 of 22 samples, average 1.67, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 6 of 27 samples, average 1, highest 4.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 20 of 22 samples, average 2.85, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.09, highest 1.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 0 of 22 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Frankfurter (all beef/beef and pork), boiled: found in 2 of 22 samples, average 0.33, highest 4.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork sausage (link/patty), pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Frankfurter (beef/pork), boiled: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 11, highest 36 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork sausage (link/patty), oven-cooked: found in 7 of 20 samples, 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)
MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, PORK, WATER, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, VINEGAR, SPICES, DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, FLAVORINGS, SODIUM NITRITE, RED 40, YELLOW 6.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-07. Labels change; check the package.