Hundreds of thousands of pounds of canned beef stew have been recalled in the US because they may be contaminated with wooden fragments.
Hormel Foods Corporation on Wednesday recalled 256,185 pounds of 20-ounce metal cans of its Dinty Moore beef stew that were distributed to stores nationwide.
‘The problem was discovered after the establishment notified FSIS that they had received three consumer complaints reporting pieces of wood in the beef stew product,’ stated an announcement from the Food Safety and Inspection Service, a government agency regulating public health.
Affected cans were produced on February 4, 2025, and have the best by date of February 2028. They have the lot number T02045 printed on the can with possibly more numbers at the end, as well as the establishment number EST 199G.
There have not been any reports of consumers falling ill from eating the stew. Customers who are worried about related sickness should contact their doctors.
The FSIS, which is an arm of the United States Department of Agriculture, is telling customers to throw away the cans or return them.
Customers with questions are encouraged to contact the company based in Tucker, Georgia.
Hormel Foods Corporation did not immediately say which specific states received the cans. The company owns Skippy Foods LLC, which recalled thousands of pounds of its peanut butter in 2022 over fears that they had stainless steel fragments.
It comes only a few weeks after Vietti Food Group recalled 4,515 cases of Yellowstone Brown Sugar Molasses Baked Beans because the labels did not list soy as part of the ingredients.
The beef stew is not the only product that has been recalled recently over fears of containing foreign material.
In late April, Upper Crust Bakery LP recalled more than 800 cases of its multigrain sourdough, ancient grains hoagie roll and whole grain multigrain breads after glass fragments were discovered on the top surface of some of the items.
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