Pieces of ‘glass and plastic’ found in hot pockets recalled

The hot pockets are in hot water.

Over 762,000 books of Hot Pockets have been recalled this month due to “possible foreign object contamination.” Specifically, the frozen snacks potentially contained the extremely unwanted surprise ingredients of glass and hard plastic.

Nestlé Prepared Foods has recalled the more than half a million pounds of Hot Pockets after determining that they may have been contaminated with “foreign matter, especially pieces of glass and hard plastic,” announced on Friday. Food Safety and Inspection Department of the United States Department of Agriculture.

The problem was discovered after as many as four consumers approached Nestlé to tell them that they had unpleasantly realized that their hot pepperoni pouches contained inedible substances. One person reported a “minor mouth injury” from consuming the contaminated pouch.

The recalled products, all of which have an expiration date of February 2022, contain 12 hot pouches of “premium pork, chicken and beef pepperoni, garlic and butter crust pizza” , are packaged in a 54 ounce carton and include lot codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614, and 0321544614.

If you are among the unlucky ones to have purchased the product, FSIS recommends that you throw it away or return it to the place of purchase.

The Nestlé Hot Pocket recall follows the company’s recall in December of around 92,206 lean cookbooks, specifically the flavor of baked chicken dish, also due to possible hard plastic contamination.

Earlier this month, the United States Food and Drug Administration this month announced a recall of 11,371 containers of Weis Markets ice cream for being “contaminated with foreign matter, particularly pieces of equipment. metal filling ”. This recall also followed an ice cream eater making a very undesirable discovery in his food.

There has been a report of a customer who discovered an intact piece of metal equipment in Weis Quality Cookies and Cream ice cream, ”the FDA wrote. “There is concern that an additional piece of equipment present in the ice cream product (s) may pose a choking hazard.”