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Health Hazard Alert - Certain Buitoni brand pizzas may contain pieces of metal

Recall / advisory date:

December 11, 2012

Reason for recall / advisory:

Extraneous Material

Hazard classification:

Class 2

Company / Firm:

Nestle Canada Inc.

Distribution:

National

Extent of the distribution:

Retail

Advisory details

Ottawa, December 11, 2012 - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Nestlé Canada Inc. are warning the public not to consume certain Buitoni brand pizzas described below as they may contain pieces of metal.

These products have been distributed nationally.

There have been no reported consumer complaints about these products in Canada.

The importer, Nestlé Canada Inc., North York, ON is voluntarily recalling the affected products from the marketplace. The CFIA is monitoring the effectiveness of the recall.

For more information, consumers and industry can call one of the following numbers:

Nestlé Canada Inc. at 1-866-891-0561;

CFIA at 1-800-442-2342 / TTY 1-800-465-7735 (8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern time, Monday to Friday).

Affected products

Brand Name	Common Name	Size	Codes(s) on Product	UPC	Reason for Recall
Buitoni	Buitoni Funghi Rustico	365 g	0 55000 59984 9	The production code can be found on the side of the box. 21952276G2 21952276G3 22952276G3	Extraneous Material - Harmful - Metal
Buitoni	Buitoni Margherita	350 g	0 55000 59985 6	The production code can be found on the side of the box. 21952276G2 21952276G3 22952276G3	Extraneous Material - Harmful - Metal
Buitoni	Buitoni Pepperoni Diavolo	340 g	0 55000 59986 3	The production code can be found on the side of the box. 22092276G3 22102276G1 22822276G3	Extraneous Material - Harmful - Metal
Buitoni	Buitoni Pollo Toscano	350 g	0 55000 59987 0	The production code can be found on the side of the box. 2092276G2	Extraneous Material - Harmful - Metal
Buitoni	Buitoni Spinaci Fresca	360 g	0 55000 59990 0	The production code can be found on the side of the box. 21952276G3 21962276G1	Extraneous Material - Harmful - Metal