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If you're looking to enjoy an Italian-style dinner this week, check first if the pasta sauce you have in the fridge or cupboard is being recalled.

The American subsidiary of the Japanese food company Mizkan announced Friday that certain types of Ragu pasta sauce are being recalled due to the possibility of plastic fragments in the product.

The FDA says there have been no injuries or complaints from consumers of the pasta sauce. The sauces were produced between June 4 and 8.

Food safety experts have warned against eating the food due to safety issues.

"If you have of the recalled sauce in your home, don't eat it," James E. Rogers, the director of food safety research and testing at Consumer Reports said. "When foreign materials, like plastic, get into food, it can cause injury."

The sauces being recalled are the Ragu Chunky, Old World Style Traditional and Old World Style Meat varieties.

A total of 9,130 cases of sauce have been recalled.

Below is the full list of Ragu Sauces being recalled. The recall only applies to these specific products only.

RAGÚ® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion, 45 oz.

  • Flavor description: RAGÚ® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion
  • Cap code: JUN0620YU2
  • Best Use By Date: JUN0620YU2

RAGÚ® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion, 66 oz.

  • Flavor Description: RAGÚ® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion
  • Cap code: JUN0520YU2
  • Best Use by Date:JUN0520YU2

RAGÚ® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion, 66 oz.

  • Flavor Description:RAGÚ® Chunky Tomato Garlic & Onion
  • Cap code: JUN0620YU2
  • Best Use By Date:JUN0620YU2

RAGÚ® Old World Style Traditional, 66 oz.

  • Flavor description: RAGÚ® Old World Style Traditional
  • Cap code: JUN0420YU2
  • Best Use By Date: JUN0420YU2

RAGÚ® Old World Style Meat, 66 oz.

  • Flavor description: RAGÚ® Old World Style Meat
  • Cap code: JUN0520YU2
  • Best Use By Date: JUN0520YU2

Any customer who has bought a Ragu sauce with the information above should call the FDA's hotline at 800-328-7248 to get a replacement.

The Japanese company Mizkan was started in 1804 and focuses on sauces, dressings, mustards, Asian sauces, etc. In 2014, Mizkan purchased the Ragu sauce and Bertolli pasta brands from Unilever, which allowed the company to expand its business further in North America.

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