Tyson recalls 132K pounds of frozen chicken nuggets with bits of plastic
The five-pound bags of fully cooked panko chicken nuggets may contain plastic, and were sold at Costco stores nationwide.聽
The five-pound bags of fully cooked panko chicken nuggets may contain plastic, and were sold at Costco stores nationwide.聽
Tyson聽Foods Inc. says it's voluntarily recalling more than 132,000 pounds of chicken nuggets after receiving reports that "hard, white plastic" was found in some nuggets.
The Springdale, Arkansas-based company said Tuesday that the 5-pound bags of fully cooked panko chicken nuggets were sold at Costco stores nationwide. A small number of 20-pound cases of chicken patties, sold under the Spare Time brand, were sold to a single wholesaler in Pennsylvania.
The full release from the USDA on recall is below:
Tyson聽says聽"a small number" of consumers contacted the company after finding small pieces of plastic in the chicken.聽Tyson says it's issuing the recall "out of an abundance of caution" even though it's only received a small number of reports of plastic. No injuries have been reported.