Twinkies Recalled for Possible Asbestos
07:04 a.m. Jan 28, 1998 Eastern
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Consumers have been asked to return Hostess
Twinkies, Cupcakes and other snacks marked with expiration dates
beginning last Thursday because of possible asbestos contamination.
Interstate Bakeries Corp. said asbestos fibers from an insulation
removal operation at its Schiller Park, Illinois, bakery could
have ''affected'' the products.
The company said that the recalled products were safe and that
asbestos was ''not generally considered to be an ingestion hazard.''
The products from the facility were identifiable by the number
''57'' underneath the date code. Products with another number were
made at other bakeries and did not face recall.
The Schiller Park facility was closed until tests are completed to
determine whether asbestos fibers are present from the Jan. 11
cleanup of a boiler.
The recall covered Hostess Twinkies, Light Twinkies, Cupcakes,
Light Cupcakes, Light Brownies, Chocolicious, Oat Bran Muffins,
Valentines, Hoppers, Desert Cups, Fruit Pies, Honey Buns and
Dolly Madison Cupcakes with expiration dates beginning Jan. 22
and ending Feb. 6. Hostess HoHo's with expirations between Jan.
29 and Feb. 13 were also recalled.
Consumers were told to return products to the store for a refund.
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