Kevin Fleming
- Perdue recalled over 160,000 pounds of frozen chicken due to contamination.
- The recall includes certain chicken nuggets, tenders, and breasts.
- The USDA advises consumers to discard or return affected products.
Perdue is recalling thousands of ready-to-eat frozen chicken products after consumers found thin metal wires inside.
The company said in a statement that it is recalling over 160,000 pounds of frozen breaded chicken breasts, tenders, and nuggets after it found the "foreign material" inside packages of frozen chicken. Jeff Shaw, the company's senior vice president of food safety, said it recalled the products "out of an abundance of caution."
The company says the objects entered the products through the manufacturing line but that no known illnesses were linked to the contamination.
The three products named in the recall are the Perdue Simply Smart Organic Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Nuggets, Perdue Breaded Chicken Breast Tenders, and Butcher Box Organic Free Fully Frozen-Cooked Breast Chicken Nuggets, the company said. All of the products covered in the recall have an expiration date of March 23, 2025.
The US Department of Agriculture said in a separate statement that Perdue notified the Food Safety Inspection Serice after receiving consumer complaints about the "metal wire."
"FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers' freezers," the USDA said. "Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase."