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Kraft Recalls 137,000 Velveeta Products With Dangerous Metal Wires In Them

Kraft Recalls 137,000 Velveeta Products With Dangerous Metal Wires In ThemDo you have any Velveeta Shells and Cheese single-serve microwaveable cups in your fridge? Shame on you. Now here's another reason not to eat these gross things: they may have thin wire bristle pieces inside.

No injuries have been reported yet, but Kraft has voluntarily recalled 137,000 units of three product varieties. The original Shells & Cheese cups (single 2.39 oz cups and four cup packs), Shells & Cheese with 2% milk (2.19 oz. cups and four packs) and Rotini & Broccoli (2.44 oz. cups). Check this table to know if the stuff you have at home is edible or not:

Velveeta Shells & Cheese Original Microwaveable Cups
2.39 oz. cup
16 MAY 2012
UPC: 2100002322

Velveeta Shells & Cheese Original Four Pack Microwaveable Cups
4 x 2.39 oz. cup
24 APR 2012 to 16 MAY 2012
UPC: 2100002339

Velveeta Shells & Cheese Made with 2% Milk Microwaveable Cups
2.19 oz cup
25 MAR 2012 to 30 MAR 2012
UPC: 2100002323

Velveeta Shells & Cheese Made with 2% Milk Four Pack Microwaveable Cups
4 x 2.19 oz cup
29 MAR 2012 to 12 APR 2012
UPC: 2100002946

Velveeta Rotini & Cheese Broccoli Microwaveable Cups
2.44 oz cup
29 APR 2012 to 14 MAY 2012
UPC: 2100002318

If your Velveeta Shells & Cheese doesn't correspond to those numbers, that's fine, you can keep destroying your gustative cells with this delicious atrocity in a cup. [Kraft Foods via Forbes]

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