About 30,000 pounds of kid-targeted chicken nuggets have been voluntarily recalled by Tyson Foods after some customers discovered metal specks in their dinosaur-shaped chicken bites.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, the recall concerns 29-ounce plastic bag packages that contain “fully cooked fun nuggets breaded shaped chicken patties.”
These bags were sold in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, and Wisconsin. Their “best if used by date” is September 4, 2024.
“The company is recalling this product out of an abundance of caution after a small number of consumers reported finding small, pliable metal pieces in the product,” the statement continued. The USDA states that there has been “one minor oral injury” linked to eating the nuggets, but no other injury complaints have been made.
The following details, identifying the questioned goods, were supplied by the USDA. “Tyson FULLY COOKED FUN NUGGETS BREADED SHAPED CHICKEN PATTIES” has lot codes 2483BRV0207, 2483BRV0208, 2483BRV0209, and 2483BRV0210, with a Best If Used By date of SEP 04, 2024.
The USDA is still concerned that consumers may still have bags of the recalled “fun nuggets” in their freezers, so agency officials advised anyone who still had them to return or discard them immediately. Despite the company’s voluntary recall, the recalled bags are no longer being sold, and no new ones are on the shelves.
The second-biggest meat processor in the world is this Arkansas-based business. Tyson, the biggest beef producer in the US by sales, has experienced recalls in the past. According to the BBC, the company had to recall ground beef in November of last year because there were fragments of “mirror-like” material found in the meat. According to the British broadcaster, a batch of Tyson’s chicken nuggets was recalled in 2019 when consumers discovered bits of blue rubber within them. Millions of pounds of chicken strips were recalled that same year due to possible metal contamination.
Owing to a decline in demand, Tyson closed several of its chicken processing facilities in the US last year. But as chicken became more expensive than beef and pork, a lot of people switched to the less expensive bird, which gave food corporations optimism for larger earnings. On November 13, Tyson is scheduled to report its most recent quarterly earnings.