New Tyson Chicken Recall is a Big One
Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 12 million pounds of frozen chicken strips due to the possible contamination of the popular food product.
A press release from the Rogers, Ark. establishment, says the company is recalling approximately 11,829,517 million 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 Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service says 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.
Tyson said 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.
[source: USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service]