Possibly Hazardous Soup Is Recalled

ConAgra Grocery Products Co. is recalling about 55,000 cans of chicken noodle soup because the soup may contain metal fragments, federal food safety officials said.

The Archbold, Ohio-based company became aware of the problem after consumers complained, the Agriculture Department’s Food and Safety Inspection Service said. There were no reports of injuries, a company official said.

Company spokeswoman Karen Lynn said ConAgra officials were unsure how the metal got into the soup.

The product being recalled is 18.75-ounce cans of Marie Callender’s Hearty Chicken ‘N Homestyle Noodles soup. Each can bears the marking “EST. P-91” on the USDA seal of inspection and a date code of 023L3P91. The product was distributed to retail stores in California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada and Colorado.