Gaiser’s European Style Provision Inc. has recalled over 143,000 pounds of its bologna products over a misbranding error.
On Friday, the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced in a report that the company based in Union, New Jersey, is recalling 143,416 pounds of ready-to-eat bologna products due to a misbranding error.
The recalled products specifically contain meat or poultry source materials that are not listed on the products’ labels.
The affected bologna items were produced between March 20 and June 20, 2025, and have the establishment number “EST. 5385” inside the USDA mark of inspection on the product labels.
The recalled products are:
- Vacuum-packed packages of “FAMILY TREE BOLOGNA VEAL” containing undeclared pork.
- Plastic-wrapped packages of “BABUSHKA’S RECIPE CHICKEN BOLOGNA” containing undeclared pork.
- Plastic-wrapped packages of “FANCY BOLOGNA” labeled with pork as an ingredient but containing undeclared beef and chicken.
- Vacuum-packed packages of “GAISERS RUSSIAN BRAND DOKTORSKAYA BOLOGNA” containing undeclared beef.
- Plastic-wrapped packages of “GAISERS BOLOGNA VEAL” containing undeclared chicken and pork.
- Plastic-wrapped packages of “GAISERS TURKEY BOLOGNA” containing undeclared chicken and pork.
- Plastic-wrapped packages of “CHICKEN BOLOGNA KYPOYKA PABA” containing undeclared pork.
The misbranding error was first discovered when FSIS was notified by the Office of Inspector General (OIG) of a complaint received through the OIG’s hotline.
There have currently been no reports of illness as a result of consuming the recalled products.
Customers who may still have any of the affected bologna products are urged to throw them away or return them to their place of purchase in exchange for a full refund.
The news of the recall comes around one month after Post’s Honey Bunches of Oats cereal was recalled because it may be contaminated with metal.
Post Consumer Brands issued a voluntary recall on 5,376 cartons of Honey Bunches of Oats with Almonds on May 28, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The recall was classified as “Class II” on June 12, meaning it is “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” per the FDA.
The last two years have seen an alarming and unexplained rise in recalls. In 2024, approximately 300 food recalls were issued, with those recalls being linked to nearly 1,400 illnesses, a Public Interest Research Group report revealed.
Out of the 1,400 illnesses, 487 people became sick enough to require hospitalization, and 19 people died. While those numbers are still low when weighed against the entire U.S. population, they are also double the number of hospitalizations and deaths from foodborne illnesses in 2023.