When you’re looking for that “crispy, crunchy, tender, flaky crust”, you know you’ve found it with a quality product like Hot Pockets… or did you?
If you’ve consumed your weight (and who wouldn’t?) in Hot Pockets’ “Philly Steak and Cheese” and “Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese” then there’s some bad news for you: the U.S. Department of Agriculture found that those particular products contained “diseased and unsound animals.”
An estimated 238,000 cases of Hot Pockets were recalled by Nestlé in a company press release on Tuesday.
The products were part of a larger meat recall issued by Rancho Feeding Corp. last week of 8,742,700 pounds of beef product; that’s roughly 6600 large bred cows.
The tainted meat spread to 1,000 California retailers as well as other companies in Alabama, Florida, Oregon, Mississippi, New Mexico, and Washington.
Below are the following infectious items:
Item and pack size | Consumer UPC | Batch Code | Best Before Date |
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43695 07107 8 | 3021544512 3029544512 3197544512 3240544512 |
MAR ‘14 MAR ‘14 SEP ‘14 OCT ‘14 |
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43695 07520 5 | 3022544513 3191544512 3224544512 3254544512 3268544512 |
MAR ‘14 SEP ‘14 OCT ‘14 NOV ‘14 NOV ‘14 |
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43695 15990 5 | 3197544512 3240544512 |
SEP ‘14 OCT ‘14 |
|
43695 05634 1 | 3211544512 3248544512 3283544512 |
SEP ‘14 NOV ‘14 DEC ‘14 |
Having second thoughts about sinking your teeth in those hot juicy pockets of wonder?
Unless autopsy reports are still in progress, no illnesses have been reported.
Just listen to Snoop Dogg and don’t think about it:
If you still haven’t microwaved your greasy snacks or are feeling the after effects of a USDA Class 1 recall, you can contact Nestle Consumer Services for a refund at 1-800-392-4057(image)1-800-392-4057.
Meanwhile over at Hot Pockets’ Facebook Page, PR is regurgitating responses of possible epidemics of regurgitation:
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Images via Hot Pockets’ Facebook Page