The SpaghettiOs recall will affect 15 million pounds of pre-cooked pasta

Last night, Campbell Soup Company put out a SpaghettiOs recall that affects approximately 15 million pounds of the canned pasta product. The SpaghettiOs recall is not happening because of any reported illnesses, but was issued “out of an abundance of caution.” Because of undercooked meat, there are three types of SpaghettiOs in the recall.

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SpaghettiOs recall products

The 3 products involved in the SpaghettiOs recall are all 14.75-ounce cans, stamped with the code EST 4K and a “use by” date between June 2010 and December 2011. The 3 products 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.

Department of Agriculture inspection spurs SpaghettiOs recall

The SpaghettiOs recall is being announced in conjunction with Campbell Soup Company and also with 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 meats can pose a danger of sickness if eaten.

SpaghettiOs recall costs

The cost of any kind of food recall can very easily and easily run to the millions of dollars. Retail, a can of SpaghettiOs typically costs about 80 cents. Back-of-the-envelope calculations say that at 15 ounces apiece, the company is recalling about 16 million cans of SpaghettiOs. They’re offering to refund any SpaghettiOs recalled – which puts just the product cost at $ 12.8 million, retail. Add that to the cost of recovering from the recall after announcing and administering it. In other words, one malfunctioning cooker that was not repaired for about 18 months will cost the company $ 13 million or more. The company’s stock has also been steadily losing value today, though until today it! was recovering extremely well from the 2009 stock market fall.

If you were in the SpaghettiOs recall, what you should do

If you were a part of the recall, return the SpaghettiOs to the store where you got them. The store should be able to give you a replacement ore refund. Call the Campbell's hotline at 866-495-3774 if you would like to get more information.