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[Wild Cherry]

As if Hot Pockets weren't questionable enough, a bunch of them are being recalled because they might contain diseased meat. Nestlé is recalling certain batches of the Philly Steak & Cheese flavor as well as the Croissant Crust Philly Steak & Cheese flavor, KTLA reports, because those batches may contain meat that was recalled by the California-based Rancho Feeding Corp. earlier this month. Almost 9 million pounds of meat are involved in that recall.

The USDA says Rancho "processed diseased and unsound animals and carried out these activities without the benefit or full benefit of federal inspections." No illnesses have so far been reported, but KATU reports that the meat went out to almost 1,000 retailers, including some "fine meat markets." A full list of the recalled meat products can be found here, and the list of recalled Hot Pockets is here. If you have any of the affected Hot Pockets, you can return them to the store for a refund or call Nestlé at (800) 392-4057.

[nunya]

""As if Hot Pockets weren't questionable enough""

that about sums it up.

[Marianne1]

""diseased meat""

I cannot tell you how that term makes me feel.

I already have ""meat issues"" and that certainly does not help.

[brii]

That is stomach churning.

[guatmum]

Thanks for the post, Wild Cherry! That kind of info is often missed by people. I'll be passing the info on to my family. Regarding Hot Pockets, lots of people with kids eat them from time to time. Questionable? No more than fast food, most restaurant food (I don't care how "fine" the restaurant is), and frozen/prepared food found in the grocery store of ALL kinds. If you are so concerned about something like an occasional Hot Pocket, you'd best go to farmer's markets to buy all fresh produce and make all of your food from scratch including bread, juices, all entrees, etc. like people did 200 years ago. Otherwise, MOST of your food is questionable in some way.

Not eating meat is another story. I don't eat meat because I don't like what happens in the meat industry. I won't judge others for doing so, though. It's like religion - everyone has their own beliefs and lives the life they feel best to live.

[apple1964]

I was in shop rite and a father with a little girl was buying these things like they were going out of style. Yucky .... Made my skin crawl to see how much the father was buying and the child was picking out her favorite kinds. sickening!

[rondell]

The thought of this makes it hard to even swallow my coffee this morning. I've never eaten a Hot Pocket, and now I know that I never will.

[guatmum]

On 2/19/2014 Matty6 said:

I was in shop rite and a father with a little girl was buying these things like they were going out of style. Yucky .... Made my skin crawl to see how much the father was buying and the child was picking out her favorite kinds. sickening!

Do you get sick at the sight of people ordering pizza at the local pizza place? Do you order pizza or go to the local chain restaurants? I've worked in both kinds of places. It's amazing what happens behind closed doors.

[terrier3]

Another great reason to never again eat a Hot Pocket!

[Preds]

RUT ROH! The guy across the street will be upset. I believe he eats these every day for lunch.