Today’s notice is the second expansion of a recall initially issued on April 7, 2016, and includes additional products and production dates, according to the FSIS news release.
The scope of the expanded recall now includes a variety of chicken products that may be contaminated with an extraneous metal material. The chicken products were produced on various dates between May 6, 2015, and Dec. 3, 2015. In the initial recall notice on April 7, the problem first discovered after the firm received several consumer complaints regarding plastic contamination in the chicken nuggets.
On April 26, an expanded Class 1 High Health Risk recall was issued by Pilgrim’s Pride that included various chicken products. The approximately 4,568,080 pounds of fully cooked chicken products were contaminated with extraneous materials, including plastic, wood, rubber and metal pieces. The products were produced on various dates between Aug. 21, 2014, to March 1, 2016.
These products were shipped nationwide for institutional use, including schools and other facilities. The products subject to this recall bear the establishment number “EST. 20728” inside the USDA mark of inspection. For a complete listing of the recalled products, including buy/sell dates and package codes, please go HERE.
