Pork Rolls Shipped Nationwide Potentially Contaminated With Plastic

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The latest food recall involves more than 10,000 pounds of pork rolls that are potentially contaminated with plastic.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service issued the alert after Van Oriental Foods, "received two consumer complaints stating that a thin thread of plastic was found in the egg rolls products."

Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service

These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

#Recall: Van Oriental Foods Inc. Recalls Pork Egg Rolls Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination https://t.co/e64F7mEHI1

— USDA Food Safety (@USDAFoodSafety) August 3, 2018

The pork egg rolls were produced on May 30. The products subject to recall bear establishment number "EST. 13219" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them, and to throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.