Glass shards in Lean Cuisine prompt recall

Every culture has its version of the dumpling, but few lend themselves to experimentation quite as well as the ravioli. Whether stuffed with ricotta cheese and drizzled with marinara sauce, filled with pumpkin and garnished with pesto or laden with lobster beneath a stream of aioli, ravioli lives in a world populated by options.

Shards of glass probably shouldn't be among them.

Nestlé (NSRGY) has issued a voluntary recall of some of its Lean Cuisine ravioli dishes after three consumers reported finding glass shards in the product. None of those consumers was injured, but it's safe to say their boxes of reheated dinner were ruined.

While we're relatively certain that "mezzaluna" translates to "half moon" in Italian and not "oh god, my mouth is bleeding," Nestlé still advises shoppers to steer clear of more than 500,000 boxes of its Mushroom Mezzaluna Ravioli. Nestlé issued a press release identifying the dangerous boxes of ravioli by their production codes of 2311587812 and 2312587812 and a "best before date" of December 2013. Those production codes can be found just below the ingredient list.

Nestle would prefer it if customers didn't tempt fate and try to eat said ravioli. Instead, the company recommends avoiding the least fun in-box surprise ever and contacting its customer service department at (866) 586-9424 or leancuisine@casuppor​t.com. Customers will get a coupon for a replacement box.

This isn't Lean Cuisine's first bad batch of pasta dishes, either. Back in 2011, its spaghetti and meatballs dishes were recalled after customers found bits of red plastic in the mix. Nestlé spokeswoman Roz O'Hearn says the company apologizes for the latest incident, but is a bit baffled about how the glass got there in the first place.

"This is an unusual complaint for us because we don't have glass in our factories. We have a no-glass policy," O'Hearn told The Huffington Post. "We are very committed to food safety."

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