50 Cent Shares a Popsicle PSA After Outshine Recall: ‘Can’t Eat Lettuce, Can’t Eat Popsicles’
Rapper 50 Cent has posted an Instagram video and meme urging fans to check their freezers after Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream issued a voluntary recall of several Outshine popsicle flavours over possible glass contamination. In the clip, the rapper and film producer is shown discarding boxes of the affected fruit bars, jokingly lamenting that he can no longer eat popsicles safely, and telling followers to throw out any of the recalled products they own.
The recall covers five Outshine flavours — strawberry, watermelon, grape, tangerine and black cherry — sold as 6-count 2.5oz fruit bars, as well as the 24-count variety pack containing the same flavours. Dreyer's confirmed the recall in a statement posted via the US Food and Drug Administration, which also published batch codes and best-before dates for affected products. 50 Cent's post, which included a meme referencing US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., framed the recall as the latest in a string of food safety concerns following earlier public unease over items such as lettuce.
- Dreyer's recalled five Outshine popsicle flavours over glass contamination risk
- 50 Cent posted a video urging fans to discard affected products
- Recall covers strawberry, watermelon, grape, tangerine and black cherry bars
New here? Start with this
Health officials have not announced any illnesses linked to the recall, and the FDA has published affected batch codes so shoppers can check whether their products are covered. The rapper's post is one of several celebrity or public reactions to the recall, spreading awareness of it beyond the official FDA and company channels.
The recall comes at a time when American consumers have grown more attentive to food safety announcements generally, following earlier high-profile scares involving other everyday items such as lettuce. It matters because it affects a well-known, widely stocked supermarket brand, and because voluntary recalls rely on public awareness to work, so social media posts from high-profile figures can help spread the message to households who might otherwise miss the notice.