Tyson Foods product recalled over possible metal fragments

Recall date

May 4, 2019

Source

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA FSIS)

Official notice title

Tyson Foods, Inc. Recalls Chicken Strip Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination

Recall number

034-2019 EXP

FDA classification

Class I

Brand / firm

Tyson Foods, Inc.

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

EDITORS NOTE: A product was inadvertently left off of the chart that contains the list of products subject to the recall. However, the product label has been on the website since the recall was initiated on May 4. EDITORS NOTE: Details of this recall were updated on May 20, 2019, to reflect that the recalled products were exported to Hong Kong, Bermuda, and St. Maarten. EDITORS NOTE: This release is being reissued as an expansion of the March 21, 2019 recall, which consisted of 69,093 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products. The scope of this recall expansion now includes more information and an additional 11,760,424 pounds of product. WASHINGTON, May 4, 2019 Tyson Foods, Inc., a Rogers, Ark. establishment, is recalling approximately 11,829,517 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of metal, the U.S. Department of Agricultures Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip items were produced on various dates from Oct. 1, 2018 through March 8, 2019 and have Use By Dates of Oct. 1, 2019 through March 7, 2020. The chart contains a list of the products subject to recall.[ View Labels (PDF only)] The products subject to recall bear establishment number P-7221 on the back of the product package. These items were shipped to retail and Department of Defense locations nationwide, for institutional use nationwide, and to the U.S. Virgin Islands. The recalled products were also exported to Hong Kong, Bermuda, and St. Maarten. The problem was discovered when FSIS received two consumer complaints of extraneous material in the chicken strip products. FSIS is now aware of six complaints during this time frame involving similar pieces of metal with three alleging oral injury. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider. FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers freezers. Consumer…