Frozen food recalls can quickly affect shoppers across the country because a single production issue can reach stores in every region. That is the case for two MorningStar Farms products, which were listed in a nationwide recall after federal regulators said they may contain pieces of plastic.
MorningStar Farms recall covers 2 frozen products
Kellanova announced the recall, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted the enforcement report on April 26, 2024. According to the FDA, the recall involves MorningStar Farms Buffalo Chick’n Nuggets and MorningStar Farms Hot and Spicy Sausage Patties because the products may contain foreign material identified as plastic.
The FDA enforcement report lists the action as Recall #F-0945-2024. The agency classified it as a Class II recall, which means use of or exposure to the product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or the chance of serious health consequences is remote.
The source notes provided for this story identify the recalled items as Buffalo Chick’n Nuggets and Hot and Spicy Sausage Patties, but the FDA enforcement report is the key public source for the federal recall listing. Publicly available recall summaries did not clearly confirm package sizes, UPC codes, or lot codes in the source material provided here.
Distribution was listed nationwide, but a full state-by-state list was not released
The FDA said the recalled MorningStar Farms products were distributed nationwide in the United States. That means the products may have been sold in all 50 states, but the agency’s enforcement report did not publish a state-by-state breakdown naming each individual state.
Because no full public distribution list was included in the source material, it is not possible to verify specific shipments to Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
The company also has not released a comprehensive public list of affected retailers or local store locations in the materials reviewed for this article. What is confirmed is the nationwide distribution scope reported by the FDA on April 26, 2024.
What caused the recall and what shoppers should know
The reason for the recall is possible plastic contamination, which the FDA describes as foreign material in the product. In food recalls, foreign material can include hard fragments introduced during production or packaging, though the FDA notice reviewed here did not specify how the plastic may have entered the MorningStar Farms items.
The source material provided for this article did not include a separate company press release with consumer instructions, and the FDA enforcement report format often provides limited shopper-facing detail. Based on the official listing reviewed here, the recall was initiated on April 26, 2024, under Recall #F-0945-2024 and classified as Class II.
For customers, the immediate takeaway is that two named frozen MorningStar Farms products were included in a federal recall notice tied to possible plastic contamination. As of the materials reviewed here, federal officials confirmed the recall classification, the affected brand and varieties, and the nationwide distribution range, while more detailed public information such as lot codes and retailer lists was not included.
