Pantry-loading has extended into freezer-stuffing in the pandemic, and that means frozen food items like Stouffer's Lasanga, Hot Pockets and Marie Callender's pies are flying off shelves.
MOUNT STERLING, Ky. โ Nestlรฉ Prepared Foods is recalling more than 762,000 pounds of pepperoni Hot Pockets, the U.S. Department of Agricultureโs Food Safety and Inspection Service said.
The problem was discovered when the company received four consumer complaints of extraneous material in pepperoni Hot Pockets, the department said.
The company has received one report of a โminor oral injuryโ associated with consumption of the product, the USDA said.
The recall is for 54-ounce packages containing 12 โNestlรฉ Hot Pockets Brand Sandwiches: Premium Pepperoni made with pork, chicken and beef pizza garlic buttery crust."