Perdue Recalls 167,000 Pounds of Chicken Parts Due to Metal Contamination

NEW YORK (AP) — Check your freezer. Perdue Foods Inc. said it is recalling more than 167,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets after some customers reported finding metal wire embedded in the products.

According to Perdue and the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall covers select batches of three products: Perdue Fried Chicken Nuggets, Butcher’s Box Organic Chicken Breast Nuggets and Perdue Simply Smart Organics Fried Chicken Breast Nuggets.

The Food Safety and Inspection Service and Purdue have determined that about 167,171 pounds (75,827 kilograms) of the products may be contaminated with a foreign substance after receiving an unspecified number of customer complaints. In an announcement Friday, the Maryland-based company said the substance “has been identified in a limited number of consumer packages.”

“The company later determined that the substance was a very fine strand of metal wire that was inadvertently introduced during the manufacturing process,” Jeff Shaw, Purdue’s senior vice president of food safety and quality, said in a prepared statement. Shaw added that Purdue has decided to recall all affected packages “out of an abundance of caution.”

No injuries or adverse reactions associated with consuming these products have been confirmed to date, according to FSIS and Perdue. However, FSIS is concerned that the products may be in consumers’ refrigerators.

The tenders and small lots that have been recalled can now be identified by the product codes listed on both. lost and FSIS Online NotificationsThe three affected products have an expiration date of March 23, 2025, and the facility number “P-33944” on the back of the package. They were sold at retailers nationwide.

Consumers who have the recalled chicken are urged to dispose of it or return the product to where it was purchased. Perdue is offering a full refund to affected consumers who can contact the company at 866-866-3703.

Foreign body contamination is One of the main reasons As for food product recalls in the United States today. Just last November, Tyson Foods announced remembered Nearly 30,000 pounds (13,600 kilograms) of chicken nuggets were recalled after consumers also found metal pieces in the dinosaur-themed products. Beyond the metal, plastic fragments, Rockspieces of Insects The most common “foreign” substances have led to product recalls after they have made their way into packaged goods.