Nestlé recalled its 2010 Lean Cuisine spaghetti with meatballs after pieces of plastic were found in the food.
Nestlé USA recalled selected Lean Cuisine spaghetti-with-meatballs products after consumers reported finding pieces of hard plastic. The affected meals were frozen prepared foods sold under the Lean Cuisine brand, which is known for portion-controlled frozen entrées.
A foreign-object recall differs from a recall caused by bacteria or an undeclared allergen. The primary concern here was physical injury, such as choking or cuts, if plastic fragments were swallowed. Consumers were advised not to eat affected packages and to use the identifying lot information supplied in the recall notice.
Lean Cuisine is sometimes confused with Stouffer’s, another Nestlé-owned frozen-food brand. Both brands appear in the company’s frozen-food portfolio, but the recalled product in this question was specifically sold as Lean Cuisine spaghetti with meatballs.