Hot bags are in hot water.
More than £ 762,000 of Hot Pockets was recalled this month due to “possible contamination from foreign matter.” In particular, the frozen snacks may contain the extremely unwanted surprise ingredients of glass and hard plastic.
Nestlé Prepared Foods recalled more than half a million pounds of Hot Pockets after determining that they may have been contaminated with “foreign materials, especially bits of glass and hard plastic,” the United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Friday on.
The problem was discovered after no less than four consumers contacted Nestlé to report that they had made the unpleasant realization that their pepperoni hot pockets contained inedible substances. One person reported a “mild mouth injury” related to the consumption of the contaminated pocket.
The recalled products, all of which have an expiration date in February 2022, include 12 Hot Pockets of ‘premium pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef pizza garlic buttery crust’, are in 54 ounce cartons and include lot codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614 and 0321544614.
If you are one of the unlucky people who purchased the product, the FSIS recommends that you throw it away or return it to the place of purchase.
Nestlé’s Hot Pocket recall follows the company’s December recall of approximately 92,206 pounds of Lean Cuisine, specifically the appetizer flavor of fried chicken, also due to potential hard plastic contamination.
Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of 11,371 Weis Markets ice cream containers this month because they were “contaminated with foreign material, particularly metal filling equipment parts.” That recall also followed an ice eater who made a very unwanted find in their food.
There is one report of a customer discovering an intact piece of metal equipment in the Weis Quality Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, ”wrote the FDA. “There is concern about an additional device in the ice cream product (s) that may present a choking hazard.”