--- title: Hot Pockets Recalled: Nestle Pulls Philly Cheese Steak From Shelves description: We don't know what an unsound animal is, but we're pretty sure we don't want to eat one canonical: https://time.com/8168/hot-pockets-recalled-for-diseased-animal-meat/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-02-19T14:43:41.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:07:11.880Z og:title: Hot Pockets Recalled: Nestle Pulls Philly Cheese Steak From Shelves og:description: We don't know what an unsound animal is, but we're pretty sure we don't want to eat one og:url: https://time.com/8168/hot-pockets-recalled-for-diseased-animal-meat/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff804ec31235ada/698682b1169ab011d8277f34/114091187.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Man at grocery store. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Hot Pockets Recalled: Nestle Pulls Philly Cheese Steak From Shelves twitter:description: We don't know what an unsound animal is, but we're pretty sure we don't want to eat one twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff804ec31235ada/698682b1169ab011d8277f34/114091187.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Is Not a Drill: Hot Pockets Yanked From Shelves for Containing 'Diseased and Unsound Animals' by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 19, 2014 2:43 PM UTC  Man at grocery store. Man at grocery store.Getty Images by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 19, 2014 2:43 PM UTC If you were planning to eat a Hot Pocket today, you might want to reconsider that decision. Several varieties have been recalled after it came to light that some of the products’ meat had not undergone proper inspection, CBS Baltimore [reports](http://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2014/02/17/giant-announces-recall-of-philly-steak-cheese-hot-pockets/). More specifically (and more vomit-inducingly), some of the meat — if affiliated with the California-based Rancho Feeding Corporation — could have come from “diseased and unsound animals,” according to a [news release](http://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2014/recall-013-2014-release) from the USDA. The Giant supermarket chain has pulled the Philly Steak & Cheese and Croissant Crust Philly Steak & Cheese varieties, according to CBS Baltimore. Oh man. Let’s hope Jim Gaffigan hears about this and works it into his next comedy special: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/8168/hot-pockets-recalled-for-diseased-animal-meat/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/8168/hot-pockets-recalled-for-diseased-animal-meat/"},"headline":"This Is Not a Drill: Hot Pockets Yanked From Shelves for Containing 'Diseased and Unsound Animals'","datePublished":"2014-02-19T14:43:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:07:11.880Z","description":"We don't know what an unsound animal is, but we're pretty sure we don't want to eat one","url":"https://time.com/8168/hot-pockets-recalled-for-diseased-animal-meat/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Food & Drink","Recall"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff804ec31235ada/698682b1169ab011d8277f34/114091187.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ff804ec31235ada/698682b1169ab011d8277f34/114091187.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Man at grocery store.","caption":"Man at grocery store.","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/8168/hot-pockets-recalled-for-diseased-animal-meat/","name":"This Is Not a Drill: Hot Pockets Yanked From Shelves for Containing 'Diseased and Unsound Animals'"}}]}] ```