A South Dakota company is recalling more than 998,000 kilograms of Korean barbecue pork jerky sold at Costco and Sam’s Club stores because the product may be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal health officials said.
LSI, Inc, of Alpena, voluntarily pulled the product after customers complained about finding pieces of wiry metal in the jerky, according to the US Agriculture Department.
Company officials said the metal came from a conveyor belt used in production. No confirmed injuries have been reported,
The recall includes 410-gram and 450-gram plastic pouches of meat jerky labelled “golden Island fire-grilled pork jerky Korean barbecue recipe”.
Roughly four dozen lots of jerky are affected.
The products have a one-year shelf life with best-by dates ranging from October 23, 2025, to September 23, 2026.
The packages contain the establishment number M279A inside the USDA mark of inspection.
People shouldn’t eat the recalled jerky and should throw it away or return it to stores for a refund.
Contamination with rocks, sticks, insects and other foreign objects occasionally occurs in food produced in the US Consumers who find foreign materials in food should notify manufacturers, food safety experts said.
