MorningStar Farms Recall 2026 Check These Frozen Foods

If you've got a bag of MorningStar Farms nuggets or sausage patties in your freezer right now, stop and read this before you open them.

MorningStar Farms announced a voluntary frozen food recall on June 18, 2026, covering two of its plant-based products over possible plastic pieces. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration published the company's announcement on June 22, 2026. The recall applies to products distributed across the United States, Puerto Rico, and Costa Rica, and the recall came after the company received customer complaints about the possible presence of plastic in the products.

This is not a broad recall. It covers two specific varieties only. But if you happen to have one of them, you need to know the exact package details to confirm whether yours is included.

Which Products Are Affected?

Two frozen products are covered under this recall. Here's the U.S. product identification table from the official FDA notice:

Both UPC codes and those specific "Better If Used Before" date stamps are the key identifiers. If your package has a different date or a different UPC, it is not part of this recall. No other MorningStar Farms products are included, according to the company.

What's the Risk?

The concern is possible plastic pieces in the affected products. This isn't a confirmed contamination across every bag, the official language is deliberately cautious: "may contain plastic pieces." According to ABC News reporting, the recall followed customer complaints related to the possible presence of plastic. A Mars spokesperson told ABC that no injuries have been reported in connection with the recall.

MorningStar Farms is now part of Mars, Incorporated, which completed its acquisition of parent company Kellanova in December 2025. The recall was issued under the MorningStar Farms name, and the full company statement is available through Kellanova's newsroom.

The products were sold at grocery stores nationwide across the United States, so anyone who regularly shops for plant-based frozen food should double-check their freezer.

What Should You Do?

The official instruction from MorningStar Farms is clear do not eat the product, discard it. Then contact the company directly for a full refund.

The official notice does not instruct consumers to return the product to the retailer. The path is: discard the package, then reach out to the company for your refund.

A Second Recall to Know About

On the same day, June 18, 2026, a completely separate recall was announced by a different company, Power Plate Meals, LLC. These are two unrelated events.

Power Plate Meals recalled approximately 5,795 pounds of its frozen Meatloaf With Garlic Mashed Potatoes because the product contains soy, a major allergen, but soy was not declared on the final package label. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service classified this as a misbranding and undeclared allergen issue, rated "Low, Class II." FSIS confirmed that no adverse reactions had been reported at the time of the recall announcement.

The affected Power Plate product is a 13.3-oz vacuum-sealed tray produced between June 25, 2025, and June 10, 2026, bearing use-by dates from June 25, 2026, through June 10, 2027. The establishment number inside the USDA mark of inspection reads 217SEND. This product was shipped to distributors in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota, not nationwide.

If you have this product, the FSIS notice says not to eat it, and to discard it or return it to the place of purchase.

Why This Keeps Happening

Foreign-material contamination and allergen-labeling failures are two of the most common reasons food gets pulled from shelves in the U.S. According to an independent analysis by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, undeclared allergens accounted for about 39% of recall announcements, 124 out of 320, across the FDA and USDA in 2025, making it the single biggest category by number of announced recalls. These figures come from PIRG's analysis of agency data, not from a combined official FDA/USDA statistic.

The FDA posts information about certain recalls of FDA-regulated products through its safety alerts page, though not every recall has a press release or appears there. FoodSafety.gov pulls together both FDA and USDA notices in one place, worth bookmarking for anyone who wants to stay current on food safety alerts.