Tyson Foods product recalled over foreign material

Recall date

September 27, 2016

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Tyson Foods Inc. Recalls Chicken Nugget Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Recall number

089-2016

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Tyson Foods, Inc.

Sold / distributed

Pennsylvania

Why it was recalled

Product Contamination

Class I is the FDA’s most serious recall level: there is a reasonable probability that using this product will cause serious harm or death.

What was recalled

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2016 Tyson Foods Inc., a Sedalia, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 132,520 pounds of fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The fully cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets items were produced on July 18, 2016. The following products are subject to recall: [ View Labels (PDF Only)] 5-lb. bag containing Tyson FULLY COOKED PANKO CHICKEN NUGGETS with a Best If Used By date of July 18, 2017 and case code 2006SDL03 and 2006SDL33. 20-lb. bulk packages containing SPARE TIME Fully Cooked, Panko Chicken Nuggets, Nugget Shaped Chicken Breast Pattie Fritters With Rib Meat with a production date of July 18, 2016 and case code 2006SDL03. The products subject to recall bear establishment number EST. 13556 printed adjacent to the Best If Used By date on the back of the package. The 20-pound cases were shipped for institutional use in Pennsylvania and the five-pound bags were shipped to retail locations nationally. The problem was discovered after the firm received consumer complaints regarding foreign material contamination of chicken nugget products. According to Tyson Foods, the plastic material ranged in size from 21mm in length and 6.5mm in diameter and may have come from a round, hard plastic rod used to connect a plastic transfer belt. The firm said the products pass through a metal detector, but the plastic is not detectable to this technology. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make ce…