Sign up to receive alerts when articles like this are published. A vegetarian-foods subsidiary of the Kellogg Company recalled its meatless corn dogs today after its tests confirmed that some products contained a genetically engineered corn that is not approved for human consumption. The environmental group Greenpeace announced last week that tests it had commissioned detected the modified corn, StarLink, in corn dogs bought last month in a Safeway store in Baltimore. The Kellogg subsidiary, Worthington Foods Inc., said today that the contamination had been confirmed by independent tests. StarLink was never approved for human consumption because of unresolved questions about its potential to cause allergic reactions.
Government officials say there is little, if any, health risk for the corn.
The recall includes corn dogs sold under the names Morningstar Farms, Loma Linda and Natural Touch.