Dive Brief:
- Nestle is recalling several varieties of Hot Pockets after the government ordered a recall of beef from Rancho Feeding Corp., a supplier to Hot Pockets.
- Federal regulators ordered a recall of 8.7 million pounds of meat from Rancho Feeding after the company was cited for processing diseased and unhealthy animals without adequate inspection.
- Nestle says a small amount of meat from Rancho Feeding was used in a Hot Pocket facility in California. No illnesses have been reported, and affected varieties include the "Philly Steak & Cheese" flavor in both seasoned and croissant crusts.
Dive Insight:
So this is when we should make a snide remark about how gross Hot Pockets are even in the best of circumstances. Or we could make a joke about how this is what happens when you surround your brand with dope-smoking burnouts who thought that diseased cow they saw was a hallucination.
But never mind. It's just too easy. Let's "watch our conduct" and chill out and listen to Snoop and Kate sing about Hot Pockets.