50 Cent Tosses Outshine Popsicles on Instagram After Glass-Contamination Recall

Rapper 50 Cent took to Instagram to throw out his Outshine popsicles on camera after Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream issued a voluntary recall over possible glass contamination. In a video posted to his account, the rapper delivered what he called a public service announcement, warning followers to bin the affected flavours. "Can't even eat pops no more," he said in the clip.

His caption laid out the situation in his own words: "Can't eat lettuce can't eat popsicles they recalled 5 flavors because glass may be in them. Just throw the sh– out!" He also attached a meme of U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. smiling, positioned alongside a list of the recalled flavours. Billboard reported the post on 19 August 2026.

Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. issued the nationwide voluntary recall on 18 August 2026, covering a limited number of Outshine Fruit Bar varieties. The recall targets five flavours sold as 6-count 2.5-ounce bars — strawberry, watermelon, grape, tangerine and black cherry — as well as a 24-count 2.5-ounce variety pack that includes some of those flavours. The reason: possible foreign material contamination with glass.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration posted Dreyer's statement alongside batch codes and best-before dates so consumers can check whether their bars are affected. No illnesses or injuries have been reported in connection with the recall, according to 6abc and Publix's corporate recall notice.

The recall landed during a stretch of high-profile U.S. food-safety headlines, and 50 Cent's video gave it mainstream reach it might not otherwise have found. A rapper with over 30 million Instagram followers telling people to check their freezer is, for better or worse, effective mass communication — the kind of amplification a corporate press release rarely achieves on its own. His lettuce reference nods to recurring E. coli outbreaks in leafy greens that have populated American news cycles in recent years.

For anyone with Outshine bars at home, the practical step is straightforward: check the FDA posting for batch codes and best-before dates, and if your box matches, throw it out or return it to the place of purchase. Dreyer's has not specified how many units are covered beyond calling it a "limited number" of flavours.