Costco Customers Warned About Chicken Sausage Recall After Pork Mix-Up

Your frozen chicken sausage may have a pork problem. Costco recalled Jones Dairy Farm Chicken Sausage Links on June 1, 2026, after a production error caused pork links to end up inside packages labeled as chicken. The error raises no food safety flags for most people, but for anyone who avoids pork on religious, dietary, or medical grounds, the mix-up is a serious concern. If you bought this product in May, now is the time to check. 

The affected item is Costco product #1211239, Jones Dairy Farm Chicken Sausage Links, with a use-by date of April 29, 2027. The recalled bags were sold exclusively at select Midwest Costco locations between May 1 and May 28, 2026. The production code P-263A, visible on packaging images posted in the recall notice, is the fastest way to confirm whether a bag in your freezer falls within the affected lot. Everything else on the shelf remains unaffected. 

Jones Dairy Farm’s recall letter acknowledged the incident as “an isolated event only impacting a limited amount of product” and offered a straightforward path for affected customers. Anyone who purchased the flagged product can return it to their local Costco for a full refund. The company added, “We stand behind the quality of all our products and are committed to making this right.” This is the company’s word, and Costco’s policy backs it up. But the story doesn’t end with chicken. 

Why a “Non-Safety” Recall Still Deserves Your Attention

Jones Dairy Farm framed the notice as a concern rather than a food safety issue, but for households with a pork allergy, an undeclared allergen can be a serious risk. The Food Allergen Labeling and Consumer Protection Act requires producers to disclose major allergens clearly, and pork, while not among the top nine federally recognized allergens, can trigger genuine allergic reactions. A packaging error that introduces an undisclosed protein is never entirely minor. 

Many Costco members who avoid pork as a matter of religious practice rely on the retailer’s variety of clearly labeled non-pork products, including these chicken sausage links. For observant Jewish and Muslim consumers, among others, inadvertent pork consumption carries significance well beyond an upset stomach. A label they trusted turned out to be inaccurate. That gap between expectation and reality is exactly why recall systems exist. 

Because this is a labeling and dietary concern rather than a microbial threat, customers who are comfortable consuming pork are not required to act on the recall. Even so, consumer advocates generally advise returning any recalled item when a company offers a full refund, since it signals accountability from the manufacturer and helps the brand track the scope of the error. The broader takeaway here is simpler: recalls don’t need to involve contamination to matter. Something else at Costco proves that point far more sharply. 

A Second Costco Recall, and This One Involves Salmonella

Champion Foods LLC of New Boston, Michigan, voluntarily recalled certain batches of Motor City Pizza Co. 5 Cheese Bread on May 29, 2026, citing potential Salmonella contamination tracing back to a milk powder supplier, California Dairies Inc. Salmonella is not hypothetical risk territory. It can cause severe illness in children, the elderly, and immunocompromised individuals, and in rare cases it enters the bloodstream and triggers life-threatening complications. 

The contaminated milk powder was used by a third-party manufacturer to produce a seasoning blend incorporated into the product’s five-cheese sauce. Routine pre-production testing on the seasoning blend had returned negative results for Salmonella, but Champion Foods proceeded with the voluntary recall as a precautionary measure. The company stated it had received no confirmed reports of illness. Still, precautionary recalls based on upstream supplier failures are exactly the kind of action public health officials encourage food producers to take. 

The recalled Motor City Pizza Co. 5 Cheese Bread was sold nationally in single packs (UPC 870375005111) and two-packs (UPC 870375005098) at major retailers including Costco, Walmart, and Target, among many others. No other Motor City Pizza products are part of this recall. Customers who have the product at home are advised to discard it and contact Champion Foods directly. Two separate Costco recalls within days of each other point to a wider issue worth understanding. 

What Two Back-to-Back Recalls Tell Costco Shoppers

Costco’s own recall page currently lists both the Jones Dairy Farm chicken sausage notice and the Motor City Pizza 5 Cheese Bread recall, alongside other unrelated product warnings. The proximity of these two notices is not evidence of systemic failure at Costco, but it is a reminder that bulk retail supply chains involve multiple producers, suppliers, and intermediaries, each representing a point where errors can occur before a product ever reaches a warehouse shelf. 

Both recalls share a common thread: the root problem originated upstream, at the production or ingredient level, before Costco ever received the goods. In the cheese bread case, the issue traced back to a milk powder supplier whose ingredient fed into a third-party seasoning manufacturer, which then supplied Champion Foods. In the chicken sausage case, the error happened at the Jones Dairy Farm packing facility itself. Retailers like Costco are often the last line of defense in catching problems their vendors introduced earlier in the chain. 

For Costco shoppers, the practical steps are clear: check your freezer for item #1211239 with a use-by date of April 29, 2027 and the P-263A code, and check for the 5 Cheese Bread UPC codes listed in the FDA recall notice. Both products are eligible for full refunds at Costco. The more uncomfortable truth the two recalls surface together: the label on a package reflects what a manufacturer intended, not always what ended up inside. That distinction is worth keeping in mind the next time you pull something out of the freezer without a second look.