Hash browns recalled for containing bits of golf ball

A batch of frozen hash browns have been recalled after it was revealed that some of the products may contain bits of golf ball.

Some of the delicacies, manufactured by McCain Foods, “may be contaminated with extraneous golf ball materials,” according to the Food and Drug Administration.

It added that the hash browns “may pose a choking hazard or other physical injury to the mouth.”

The products, which were only sold in the US, include Southern Style Hash Browns. The hash browns being recalled were distributed after January 19.

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McCain said: “Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. There have been no reported injuries associated with the consumption of this product.

“Food safety remains a top priority for McCain Foods USA, Inc and we have full confidence that all appropriate steps are being taken to protect our consumers.

“McCain is working cooperatively with the Food & Drug Administration and the respective supermarkets to ensure the affected products are removed from the marketplace.”

They said that despite their “stringent supply standards”, the hash browns “may have been inadvertently harvested with potatoes used to make this product.”

Ben Chapman, a food-safety specialist and an associate professor at North Carolina State University, told Live Science that large food companies will use mechanical harvesters to pick their produce products.

It’s possible, he said, for foreign objects — such as a bat or golf balls — to be picked up during this process.