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Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling more than 762,000 pounds of pepperoni Hot Pockets, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said. The frozen stuffed sandwiches — shipped to retail stores nationwide — are being recalled because they “may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of glass and hard plastic,” the USDA said Friday. The problem was discovered when the company received four consumer complaints of extraneous material in pepperoni Hot Pockets, the department said. The company has received one report of a “minor oral injury” associated with consumption of the product, the USDA said.

SOUTH BEND , Ind., April 7 (UPI) -- Notre Dame student Brian McCurren probably would have been better off ordering pizza. McCurren was arrested for burglary, vandalism and minor consumption after he allegedly broke into a South Bend spa so he could eat Hot Pockets, Drumsticks and macaroni and cheese while intoxicated. McCurren used a flower pot to break a stained glass window at Therapeutic Indulgence and reportedly inflicted thousands of dollars worth of damage to the business. "Then he grabbed a hammer and pounded his way through a wall to get inside," Therapeutic Indulgence owner Sara Ros Frazier told...

Nestlé (Swiss Exchange: NESN-CH) announced Tuesday that it was voluntarily recalling two of the snack products following a widespread meat recall. The move affects its Philly Steak and Cheese Hot Pockets in three sizes and its Croissant Crust Philly Steak and Cheese flavor in the two-pack box. In total, about 238,000 cases of Hot Pockets were recalled, NBC News reported.