Pilgrim’s Pride recalls chicken nuggets for possible foreign matter contamination

Texas-based Pilgrim’s Pride Corp has issued a recall for approximately 40,780 pounds of fully cooked chicken nugget products because the nuggets may be contaminated with extraneous plastic materials, USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.

The fully cooked chicken nugget products were produced on Oct. 5, 2015. The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. P-20728” and were shipped for institutional use to Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, North Carolina, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Utah.

The problem was discovered after the company received several consumer complaints regarding plastic contamination of the chicken nuggets. The firm notified FSIS personnel of the issue on April 6, 2016. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products.

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Jeremy Gerrard was Food Engineering's Digital/Online Editor. He is a graduate of Auburn University with a degree in journalism. His previous work experience includes years spent as a reporter with the Daily Local News out of Chester County, PA. In addition to writing feature articles for Food Engineering, Jeremy covered the Dry Processing, Field Reports and People and Industry news sections.