The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Thursday said that Sanderson Farms Inc.is recalling almost half a million pounds of chicken products that may have been contaminated with metal shavings.
Advertisement
There have been no reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.
The chicken items were produced on September 17-18, 2015.
Some was sent to a hotdog maker in Georgia, and hotdogs containing the metal were made, though the company was able to prevent the product from reaching consumers, Cockrell said.
70-lb. cases containing “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.
None of the products that are the subject of this recall were shipped to grocery stores or packed directly for consumers.
Foreign really matter contaminants was in fact noted within the ice cubes applied to refrigerating pullet items, from a particular of the company’s the making process herbs.
They included ice packed chicken products sold to three customers for additional processing into further processed chicken products.
Advertisement
Federal authorities, as well as a customer who purchased some of the food, tested the chicken and found “metal fragments” among the meat, causing 554,090 pounds of chicken products to be immediately recalled, the Consumerist reported. Additionally, Sanderson Farms has a dedicated number at 1-800-844-4030, in case anyone wants to know about the recall.
