Tons Of Hot Pockets Recalled After Glass, Plastic Contamination

AUSTIN, TX — Kentucky-based Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling approximately 762,615 pounds of not-ready-to-eat pepperoni Hot Pockets product that may be contaminated with extraneous materials — specifically pieces of glass and hard plastic — according to food safety regulators.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and Inspection Services announced the recall, according to Food Safety News.

The frozen pepperoni hot pockets product was produced from Nov. 13, 2020, through Nov. 16, 2020. The product has a shelf life of 14 months, and was distributed to retail locations nationwide. The following product is subject to recall:

• 54-oz carton packages containing 12 “Nestlé HOT POCKETS BRAND SANDWICHES: PREMIUM PEPPERONI MADE WITH PORK, CHICKEN & BEEF PIZZA GARLIC BUTTERY CRUST” with a “BEST BEFORE FEB 2022” date and lot codes 0318544624, 0319544614, 0320544614, and 0321544614.

The product subject to recall bears the establishment number “EST. 7721A” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The problem emerged after the food maker received four consumer complaints of extraneous material in the pepperoni hot pocket product, according to regulators.

As Food Safety News reported, the food company has received one report of a minor oral injury associated with the consumption of the recalled product. No additional reports of injury or illness from consumption of the product have been reported.

Regulators are concerned that some product could remain in people's homes, frozen inside their freezers. The product should not be consumed, regulators urge, and instead thrown away or returned to the point of purchase.

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