Recall of Pillsbury bread products in 19 states upgraded over fears they contain glass
A recall of hundreds of thousands of popular bread rolls has been upgraded over fears they contain glass shards.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued the original recall of 735,840 packages of Pillsbury’s popular bread rolls due to ‘potential foreign material (glass)’ last month.
However, the agency just classified the recall this week as class II, indicating ‘a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.’
The recall includes 3,080 cases of Pillsbury Bread Rolls ‘Hard Roll Dough,’ with each case containing 180 units of 2.25oz containers. This adds up to 554,400 products.
Additionally, 1,260 cases of Pillsbury Bread Rolls ‘Kaiser Roll Dough’ have been pulled from shelves, each containing 144 units of 2.5oz containers for a total of 181,400 rolls.
The recalled ‘Hard Roll Dough’ products have either the UPC 721582-13283 4 or 107-21582-13283-1. The ‘use by’ dates are either October 12 or October 13, 2026.
The ‘Kaiser Roll Dough’ has a UPC of either 7 21582-13288 9 or 107-21582-13288-6 and an expiration date of October 13, 2026.
According to the FDA, the products were distributed to stores in Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Missouri, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.
More than 700,000 Pillsbury dough rolls have been recalled due to the potential presence of glass shards (stock image)
The FDA has not issued specific guidance for disposing of the products. The agency has also not disclosed if there have been any injuries related to the recall.
It’s unclear how large the glass shards are, but if they are found in the food, they could pose a choking hazard.
A spokesperson for General Mills, Pillsbury’s parent company, told the Daily Mail in a statement: ‘Food safety is our top priority at General Mills. Out of an abundance of caution, in mid-June, we issued a voluntary recall of two frozen dough products baked onsite and sold exclusively at Walmart in-store bakeries in the United States.
‘This voluntary recall is limited in scope, highly contained and all potential impacted product has been removed.’
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Roughly 5,000 Americans die from choking every year, the majority of whom are children and the elderly, due to difficulty swallowing.
Children, for instance, have narrower airways that can be more easily blocked with larger objects and are still learning proper chewing and swallowing, making them more prone to choking.
Old age also naturally weakens the swallowing muscles, making it harder to effectively push food into the esophagus, and age-related tooth loss can lead to chewing issues.
Food is the leading cause of choking-related deaths in the US, with hot dogs being the most common culprit.
Many foods recalled for choking hazards are contaminated with foreign materials such as plastic and glass.
Along with a choking hazard, glass shards run the risk of internal cuts and bleeding.
The recall is just one in a series of recent events in which products have been pulled from shelves due to potential foreign material.
In May, California-based Straus Family Creamery issued a recall for several flavors of its Organic Ice Cream due to the risk of them containing pieces of metal.
There were no injuries reported in that recall, but the company said at the time it was ‘taking this action out of an abundance of caution and has implemented appropriate corrective actions.’
And in April, Lundberg Family Farms announced it had recalled its Lundberg Organic Jasmine White Rice after being alerted to potential contamination with ‘foreign material.’
Those products were sold in 2lb purple bags at major retailers like Walmart, Target, Whole Foods and Wegmans.