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Frozen Sausages, Hotdogs & Brats · barcode 00041331091510

Morcilla Blood Sausage

Goya · Goya Foods, Inc.

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen sausages, hotdogs & brats show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Azodicarbonamide

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in flour and dough. Source
  • EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) 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: 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
  • 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

Potassium bromate

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it in flour and bread. Source
  • EU: Not authorised Not on the EU's list of approved food additives (checked against the version in force on 18 August 2026). (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex II) Source
  • California: Banned from 2027-01-01 Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) 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: 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
  • 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

Bleached flour

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. 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 frozen 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)

BEEF BLOOD, PORK, COOKED RICE [ENRICHED GRAIN RICE (RICE, NIACIN, IRON [FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE], THIAMINE [THIAMINE MONONITRATE], FOLIC ACID), WATER, VEGETABLE OIL, SALT, SEASONING (GREEN PEPPER, FLAVORING, SWEET PEPPER, SPICES), BREAD (ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, ENZYME, FOLIC ACID), WATER, FINE WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, YEAST, CALCIUM PROPIONATE AS PRESERVATIVE, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, AMMONIUM SULFATE, MONOGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM SULFATE, ASCORBIC ACID ADDED AS A DOUGH CONDITIONER, ENZYMES, AZODICARBONAMIDE, POTASSIUM BROMATE, FLAVORING, SALT, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, SPICES AND NATURAL PORK CASING.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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