Lean Cuisine Frozen Entr�es Recalled

Mar 15, 2011, 09:25

Lean Cuisine frozen entr�es are being recalled today after the Nestle company learned that some 10,000+ pounds of frozen spaghetti and meatball dinners that may contain foreign materials.

If you're concerned about your products, checking for the recall is fairly simple. Products impacted by the recall will have an "Establishment Number" of P-7991 and an expiration date of November 2011.

To locate the production code, consumers should look for the gray "proof of purchase" panel, located on the right end flap of the package, below the ingredient statement.

Customers in Minn., S.D. and Wisc., reported finding hard plastic in the product. The spaghetti and meatball products were packaged near Oct. 25, 2010, and shipped to distributors and retail stores east of the Rocky Mountains.

No injuries were reported by any of these consumers.

Consumers with food safety questions can "Ask Karen," the FSIS virtual representative available 24 hours a day at AskKaren.gov.

The toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline is 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) and is available from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Eastern Monday through Friday.