Monday, August 25, 2008

Nestlé USA is announcing a product recall on our Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza Club Pack 6(12 x 4.5oz

Nestlé USA is announcing a product recall on our Hot Pockets Pepperoni Pizza Club Pack 6(12 x 4.5oz). This retrieval is due to the possibility that plastic pieces may be in the product.

Please communicate to your Distribution Center(s) and retail outlets alerting them to the details of this recall and direct them to remove product of the affected items with the Batch Code listed below.



Customers may see a batch code of 8157544618E. This product was made on a different production line and is NOT TO BE REMOVED FROM INVENTORY

NO LEAN POCKETS® brand items and NO other HOT POCKETS® brand items, including 2 and 5 pk Pepperoni Pizza, are affected by this recall.

Your assistance is greatly appreciated in clearing warehouses, storage rooms, and store shelves of this potentially affected product.

Warehouse inventory of affected product subject to this recall should be returned. If 50 cases or fewer are in the warehouse, you can destroy the product on site and provide documentation for reimbursement. Please provide your Nestlé Representative with a signed statement which details the case quantity destroyed by SKU. If product is destroyed, you are required to provide a signed statement and Certificate of Destruction (COD) as to the number of cases physically destroyed. The Account Order Coordinator will need the COD in order to process the appropriate credit.

Please notify all retail stores serviced and instruct them to pull all affected product listed above and destroy the product. Retail locations must provide documentation indicating the quantity of product destroyed. Retail outlets supplied by distributors must identify the product supplier as well. The appropriate documentation should be e-mailed to David Kochems (david.kochems@us.nestle.com) or faxed to Glendale 818-549-6399 attention of David Kochems.

Please contact your Nestlé Sales Representative, if you have any questions.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you in advance for your cooperation.

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