Maker of Ragu issues voluntary recall for some varieties of pasta sauce

Some production codes of the popular pasta sauce may contain fragments of plastic.

Mizkan America is announcing the voluntary recall of certain production codes of its Ragu pasta sauces in the United States because the sauce may contain fragments of plastic.

The company says they are taking the action out of an abundance of caution. The recall is at the retail level, and all impacted retail customers have already been notified of the voluntary recall.

Any recalled sauce should not be consumed and should be discarded.

The recalled sauces affected include:

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

These products were distributed nationwide. No other production codes, dates, sizes or varieties of Ragu pasta sauces are affected by this recall.

These sauces were produced between June 4 and June 8.

Consumers who have purchased the recalled Ragu sauces with the cap codes outlined above should call the Mizkan America Customer Service Hotline to receive a replacement at 1-800-328-7248. The Customer Service Team is available Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 5 pm Central Time.

From WZZM13