RAGU pasta sauces being recalled due to possible contamination

Yesterday, the Mizkan America, Inc., announced on the ragu.com website a voluntary recall of select production codes of RAGÚ^® pasta sauces that were shipped to nationwide locations in the U.S. These popular sauces are being recalled because the jars might be contaminated with plastic fragments.

As of this writing, there haven’t been any reports of consumer injuries. Mizkan America is undertaking the recall just to be cautious.

Mizkan America has asked consumers to examine their refrigerator and pantry inventory for the specific jars affected by this recall.

Any recalled sauce should be discarded and not consumed. All consumers will be provided with a replacement coupon for any of the recalled products they may have purchased.

On the recalled sauces, consumers should look for the “Cap Code” on the yellow RAGÚ^® jar cap as well as the “Best Use By Dates” as listed below.

These recalled sauces are:

RAGÚ^® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion, 45 oz.

Flavor description: RAGÚ^® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion
Cap code: JUN0620YU2
Best Use By Date: JUN0620YU2

RAGÚ^® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion, 66 oz.

Flavor Description: RAGÚ^® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion
Cap code: JUN0520YU2
Best Use by Date: JUN0520YU2

RAGÚ^® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion, 66 oz.

Flavor Description: RAGÚ^® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion
Cap code: JUN0620YU2
Best Use By Date: JUN0620YU2

RAGÚ^® Old World Style Traditional, 66 oz.

Flavor description: RAGÚ^® Old World Style Traditional
Cap code: JUN0420YU2
Best Use By Date: JUN0420YU2

RAGÚ^® Old World Style Meat, 66 oz.

Flavor description: RAGÚ^® Old World Style Meat
Cap code: JUN0520YU2
Best Use By Date: JUN0520YU2

This recall is limited to the pasta sauces with these specific production codes. No other production codes/dates, sizes or varieties of RAGÚ^® pasta sauces are affected by this recall.

These sauces were produced between June 4 – 8.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled RAGÚ^® sauces with the outlined cap codes should call the RAGU^® Customer-Service Hotline to receive a replacement.

That Customer-Service Hotline can be reached by calling 800-328-7248.
Their Customer-Service Team is available to take your call Monday – Friday from 7:30 am – 5:00 pm CST.
Mizkan America will provide a replacement coupon to reporting consumers and also may make arrangements to retrieve the product for further examination.

(Source: RAGU^®)