More Than 31,000 lbs. of Frozen Ready-to-Eat Chicken Recalled
Perdue Foods is recalling more than 31,000 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken because of possible extraneous materials. The Department of Agriculture's Food and Safety Inspection Service says that the extraneous material is possibly a bone material.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service and Perdue Foods received complaints from customers of material being found in their chicken.
The chicken being recalled was produced on March 21st, 2019 and distributed around the country.
Here are specific products being recalled from the Perdue Foods recall announcement:
- PERDUE® SIMPLY SMART® Organics Refrigerated Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders. These items were produced in March 2019 with a “Best If Used By Date” of 5/20/2019 and UPC product bar code of 072745-001437.
- PERDUE® SIMPLY SMART® Organics Refrigerated Whole Grain Chicken Breast Strips. These items were produced in March 2019 with a “Best If Used By Date” of 5/20/2019 and UPC product bar code of 072745-002656.
- PERDUE® SIMPLY SMART® Organics Refrigerated Whole Grain Chicken Breast Nuggets. These items were produced in March 2019 with a “Best If Used By Date” of 5/20/2019 and UPC product bar code of 072745-001642.
- CHEF QUIK® Frozen, Fully Cooked Breaded Chicken Tenders Boneless Tender Shaped Chicken Breast Patties with Rib Meat. These items were produced in March 2019 with a “Packed On Date” of 9080 (3/21/2019) and UPC product bar code of 22143.
- CHEF QUIK® Frozen, Fully Cooked Whole Grain Chicken Breast Strips Strip Shaped Breaded Chicken Breast Patties with Rib Meat. These items were produced in March 2019 with a “Packed On Date” of 9080 (3/21/2019) and UPC product bar code of 77265.
The USDA writes that so far "there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products."
If you have these products in your freezer you're asked to either throw it out or return it to the store.
Source: KARE 11
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