Class 1 Health and Safety Recall Issued for Lots of SpaghettiOs Canned Pasta Products Due to Underprocessing Concerns

On June 17, 2010, the Food Safety and Inspection division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued an alert regarding a Class 1 recall of SpaghettiOs, a popular pasta product manufactured and marketed by Campbell Soup Company.

The USDA’s recall announcement focused on a specific lot of the company’s SpaghettiOs canned pasta due to concerns that meatballs in the product may not have been processed correctly, putting consumers at risk for serious health problems should they consume the products.

The USDA issues Class 1 recalls in cases where the food product presents a health hazard where there is a reasonable probability that the use of the product will cause serious, adverse health consequences or death.

The USDA recall information follows below.

Campbell Soup Supply Company, LLC, a Paris, Texas, establishment is recalling approximately 15,000,000 pounds of "SpaghettiOs with Meatballs" canned products due to possible under-processing, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The following products are subject to recall:

14.75-ounce cans of "SpaghettiOs" with Meatballs, bearing the identifying product code "U5" on the bottom of the can.

14.75-ounce cans of "SpaghettiOs" A to Z with Meatballs, bearing the identifying product code "4N" on the bottom of the can.

14.75-ounce cans of "SpaghettiOs" Fun Shapes with Meatballs (Cars), bearing the identifying product code "KS" on the bottom of the can.

The products subject to recall bear the establishment number "EST 4K," as well as a "Use By" date between June 2010 and December 2011 ink-jetted on the bottom of each can. These products were manufactured between December 2008 and June 2010 and distributed to retail establishments nationwide.

The problem was discovered through a routine warehouse inspection by the company and its subsequent investigation. FSIS has received no reports of illnesses from consumption of these products.

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