McCain potato growers and its retail partners, including Wegmans, have issued a major recall after two people found pieces of golf balls in their breakfast hash browns.
That’s right. Golf balls. In hash browns.
The Food & Drug Administration said in its recall notice that customers found hard plastic and rubber pieces that appeared to have been “inadvertently harvested with potatoes.” Reached by phone Thursday, a Wegmans consumer associate said the potatoes McCain used were harvested by machines that did not know the difference between a golf ball and a potato.
The latest recall is actually an expansion of a recall effort last week by McCain, which produces bags of frozen hash browns under a variety of names. The broader recall this week included “O’Brien Hash Browns,” sold at Wegmans in six states, including Massachusetts.
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McCain also recalled Roundy’s Frozen Southern Style Hash Browns and Harris Teeter Brand Frozen Southern Style Hash Browns sold in nine states and Washington D.C. for the same reason.
McCain said there have been no reported injuries.
“We continue to investigate the nature of this event so we can assess the necessary actions required,” McCain said in a statement. “We are working cooperatively with the Food & Drug Administration and Wegmans to ensure the affected product is removed from the marketplace.”
Consumers are advised to throw the products away or return them to the store.
Megan Woolhouse can be reached at megan.woolhouse@globe.com.