Hot bags are in hot water.
More than 762,000 pounds of Hot Pockets were recalled this month due to ‘possible contamination of foreign objects’. Specifically, the frozen snacks may contain the extremely unwanted surprise ingredients of glass and hard plastic.
Nestlé Prepared Foods recalled the more than half a million pounds of Hot Pockets after finding out they may have been contaminated with ‘foreign materials, specifically pieces of glass and hard plastic’, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s food safety and inspection service announced Friday.
The problem was discovered after no less than four consumers came out to Nestlé to report that they had made the unpleasant realization that their pepperoni Hot Pockets contained inedible substances. One person reported a ‘minor mouth injury’ related to the consumption of the infected bag.
The recalled products, which all have an expiration date of February 2022, contain 12 “premium pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef pizza garlic-like crust” Hot Pockets, are in cartons of 54 ounces and contain codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614 and 0321544614.
If you are one of the unlucky ones who bought 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 recall in December of approximately 92,206 pounds of Lean Cuisine, specifically the baked chicken dish, also due to possible contamination of hard plastic.
Earlier this month, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a recall of 11,371 Weis Markets ice cream containers this month because they were “contaminated with foreign matter, specifically parts for filling metal equipment.” The recall also follows an ice cream maker who makes a very undesirable finding in their food.
“There was one report from a customer who discovered an intact piece of metal equipment in the Weis Quality Cookies and Ice Cream,” the FDA wrote. “There is concern that an additional piece of equipment in the ice cream product (s) poses a choking hazard.”