BOSTON – A recall of supermarket-brand frozen meatballs that may contain pieces of hard plastic has been expanded.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Home Market Foods Inc. of Boston is recalling 14,000 pounds of frozen meatballs, including those sold by Shaw’s Supermarkets.

The meatballs were sold in three-pound packages of Shaw’s Italian Style Meatballs and two-pound packages of Home Market Foods Cooked Perfect Italian Style Meatballs.

The recalled packages of Shaw’s Brand Frozen Italian Meatballs have an expiration date of January 8, 2005, and contain the bar code number 045674-58925.