Hot Pockets: Now With Diseased Meat!

Quick, someone call Jim Gaffigan. His favorite food, the molten lava microwavable pastry treat, known as the Hot Pocket, is being recalled because the manufacturer stuffed them full of “diseased meat.” And some cheese and preservatives, too.

From CBS here:

This is one recall you definitely want to pay attention to.
Nestle is voluntarily recalling an unspecified number of “Philly Steak” and “Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese” Hot Pockets because they could contain meat that is unfit for human consumption, according to the USDA.

Nearly 9 million pounds of beef products were recalled last week by Rancho Feeding Corp. after regulators said it processed diseased and unsound animals without a full inspection.

Nestle said a small quantity of meat from Rancho was used at a California production facility that makes Hot Pockets. The recall is limited to several batches of the two Hot Pockets flavors, which were distributed nationwide.

You can get the other side of the story from the Petaluma meat slaughterhouse here. The meat in question was organic, and simply wasn’t inspected by the USDA. That being said, I never thought Hot Pockets were fit for human consumption.