Foreign-body contamination continues to be a risk to the food and drink industry; despite having many food safety management controls in place, some still slip through these preventive measures. In 2019, there were 545 product recalls related to foreign-body contamination compared with 372 in 2020. While this shows a declining trend, this may be skewed by changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking at the data from 2010 to 2020, there is a rising trend (Figure 1).