Hot pockets are in hot water.
More than 762,000 pounds of Hot Pockets were withdrawn this month due to “possible contamination by foreign material”. Specifically, frozen snacks potentially contained the extremely unwanted surprise ingredients from glass and hard plastic.
Nestlé Prepared Foods recalled the more than half a million pounds of Hot Pockets after determining that they may have been contaminated with “foreign materials, specifically pieces of glass and rigid plastic,” announced the Department of Agriculture’s Food Inspection and Safety Service. U.S.
The problem was discovered after no less than four consumers contacted Nestlé to report that they made the unpleasant discovery that their pepperoni Hot Pockets contained inedible substances. One person reported a “minor oral injury” related to the consumption of the contaminated Pocket.
The products collected, all with an expiration date of February 2022, contain 12 Hot Pockets “premium pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef, pizza with buttery garlic crust”, are in 54-ounce carton packs and include the lot codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614 and 0321544614.
If you are among the unlucky ones to have purchased the product, FSIS recommends that you discard it or return it at the place of purchase.
The recall of Nestlé’s Hot Pocket follows the company’s recall in December of approximately 92,206 pounds of Lean Cuisine, specifically the roasted chicken in the flavor of the entrée, also due to possible contamination by hard plastic.
Earlier this month, the US Food and Drug Administration announced this month a recall of 11,371 containers of ice cream from Weis Markets for being “contaminated with foreign material, specifically pieces of metal filling equipment”. This recall also occurred when an ice cream eater made a very unwanted discovery in his food.
There was a report from a customer who discovered an intact piece of metal equipment in Weis Quality Cookies and Cream Ice Cream, ”wrote the FDA. “There is a concern about an additional piece of equipment present in the ice cream product (s), possibly presenting a choking hazard.”