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Ukrop's Homestyle Foods Recalls Spaghetti and Chicken Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Closed Recall (2026) USDA FSIS Recall Class I Physical

Read the agency's notice · machine-readable source record · Agency id: 012-2026

What the agency said

Product
62.4-oz. ALUMINUM PAN WITH PLASTIC OVERWRAP containing "Ukrop's Baked Spaghetti - Bulk" and BEST BY dates from 07/08/26 through 08/05/26 on the label and bears establishment number "EST. 19979" in th…
Firm: Ukrop's Homestyle Foods
Reason, as written
Product Contamination
Status, as written
Closed Recall (2026)
Distribution, as written
NC, VA, WV

How this record is classified

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Hazard type
Physical
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules
Organism, allergen, or material
Metal, Plastic or rubber
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules (Foreign material)
Product category
Poultry
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules · food tags: chicken
Geography
Multi-state
Stated by the agency
NC, VA, WV
Root cause
Not stated
Not stated by the agency
How it was found
Consumer complaint
Inferred from the agency's wording by our rules
“The problem was discovered after the establishment received a consumer complaint regarding a metal piece found in a fully cooked product.”
Corrective action
Voluntary recall
Stated by the agency
FSIS recall (all FSIS recalls are voluntary)
Status
Closed Recall (2026)
Closed in this dataset's terms
An administrative status: it tracks whether the agency has formally closed the record, not whether the product is still on shelves. Recalls often stay open for years after the food is gone.
Dates
Recall began: Jul 31, 2026
Reported by agency: Jul 31, 2026
Last agency update: Jul 31, 2026
Closed: date not given

What is missing or inferred

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Record history

First seen by this site Sep 17, 2026, 2:29 PM UTC (loaded from the agency's history when the dataset was first built). Last changed Sep 30, 2026, 5:38 AM UTC. 1 revision since.

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