Those Hot Pockets in your freezer could contain something more dangerous than piping hot cheese.
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling certain pepperoni Hot Pockets over concerns they may be contaminated with pieces of glass and hard plastic, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service Anunciado Friday.
The Class I recall applies to 54-ounce 12 packs of pepperoni Hot Pockets with a best by date of February 2022 and lot codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614, y 0321544614. The establishment number “EST. 7721A” appears inside the USDA mark of inspection on the packaging.
Recalled Hot Pockets have best by date of February 2022.
A Class I recall involves a “health hazard situation where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death,” de acuerdo con la USDA website.
Aproximadamente 762,615 pounds of the recalled Hot Pockets were shipped to stores across the country.
There are four consumer complaints of extraneous materials inside the Hot Pockets, the Food Safety and Inspection Service said.
One of the complaints includes a report of a minor oral injury, los funcionarios dijeron.
Consumers who purchased the recalled product should throw it away or return it to the place of purchase, the Food Safety and Inspection Service said.
