Annie’s Inc. is recalling all varieties of Annie’s Rising Crust Frozen Pizza after learning that a fine metal mesh screen failed at a supplier’s flour mill and fragments of the mesh were found in the flour and in the pizza dough. The wires were too small to be detected by Annie’s metal control programs and magnets and could be in the finished products. There are no injuries reported to date relating to the consumption of these products.
The recalled products include Organic Four Cheese Pizza, 23.5 ounce with UPC number 013562 200016, Organic Pepperoni Pizza, 23.6 ounce, with UPC number 013562 200009, Organic Supreme Pizza, 25.4 ounce, with UPC number 013562 200023. Also recalled are Organic Spinach and Mushroom Pizza, 25.0 ounce, with UPC number 013562 200054, Four Cheese Pizza, 22.5 ounce, with UPC number 013562 200078, Pepperoni Pizza, 22.6 ounce with UPC number 013562 200061, and BBQ Recipe Chicken Pizza, 23.1 ounce with UPC number 013562 200092. The pizzas have best by dates including and between 09Jan13 and 14Sep13. You can see all of the product photos at the FDA web site.
The products were sold at grocery, mass, and natural food stores throughout the United States. Return any pizzas you purchased to the store for a refund. For questions call the Homegrown Pizza Recall Hotline at 1-888-825-6720 from 7 am to 8 pm PT.
