Last night, Campbell Soup Business put out a SpaghettiOs recall that affects approximately 15 million pounds of the product. The SpaghettiOs recall is not because of any reported illnesses, but was issued “out of an abundance of caution.” There are 3 types of SpaghettiOs within the recall because of uncooked meat.
SpaghettiOs recall products
The 3 products incorporated in the SpaghettiOs recall are all 14.75-ounce cans, that are stamped with the code EST 4K and a “use by” date between June 2010 and December 2011. These are:
- SpaghettiOs with Meatballs with the product code U5
- There’s SpaghettiOs A to Z with Meatballs with the product code 4N
- There’s SpaghettiOs “Cars” Fun Shapes with Meatballs with the product code KS.
Inspection of SpaghettiOs recall by Department of Agriculture
The SpaghettiOs recall is being announced in conjunction with Campbell Soup Business and also the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety Inspection Service. The FSIS was completing a routine safety inspection of the Campbell warehouse that is in Paris, Texas when they discovered that some meats in the SpaghettiOs recall were undercooked. Undercooked canned meat can make people sick.
SpaghettiOs recall costs
The cost of any food recall can very quickly and very easily run to the millions of dollars. One can of SpaghettiOs usually sells at retail for about 80 cents. Back-of-the-envelope calculations explain that at 15 ounces apiece, the business is recalling about 16 million cans of SpaghettiOs. They’re offering to replace any SpaghettiOs recalled – which puts just the product cost at $ 12.8 million, retail. Add that to the cost of administering the recall. In other words, one malfunctioning cooker that was not repaired in almost 18 months will cost the company $ 13 million or a lot more. The company’s stock has also been steadily losing value today, though until today it was recovering well from the 2009 stock market fall.
What to do in case you are affected by the SpaghettiOs recall
Return your SpaghettiOs to the store where you purchased them if you were within the recall. The store should be able to give you a replacement ore refund. You can also call the Campbell’s hotline at 866-495-3774 for a lot more info.
