Moreover, these buyers use the chicken products for additional processing into further processed chicken products, and they have been duly informed, the company announced in a press release. Officials learned of the “extraneous metal materials” after Sanderson Farms received a complaint from a processing facility that discovered shavings in chicken received from the Hazlehurst plant. The metal, it turns out, came from an ice-making machine that malfunctioned during the production process.
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None of the products were shipped to grocery stores or packed directly for consumers, said the firm.
“YOUNG CHICKEN PARTS JUMBO BONELESS SKINLESS BREAST BUTTERFLIES WITH RIB MEAT” with case code 45015.
The USDA has classified the recall of the chicken products as a Class I Recall.
70-lb. cases and 1800-lb. combos containing “FRESH YOUNG CHICKEN PARTS BREAST FRAMES” with case code 45969.
The company claimed that no illness or adverse reaction caused as a result of consumption of its chicken products was reported. The number can be found inside the mark of inspection of the USDA.
The Sanderson Farms recall is the latest high-profile recall of frozen food products in the U.S. Earlier this month, Johnsonville – a producer of pork products – recalled some 89,000 pounds of meat, also due to contamination with metal pieces, according to this Inquisitr report.
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Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. The products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
