Chicken tenders recalled due to undeclared allergen

Milk not declared on label

Portland, Maine-based Advance Pierre Foods has recalled more than 54,000 pounds of chicken products due to undeclared milk.

The chicken tenders were produced from February 14 to May 24. The label does not note that the products could contain milk.

The following products are subject to recall:

10-lb. packages of “Chicken Tenders Sea Salt and Ground Pepper” with lot codes 0971114002 and 0971441101.
12-lb. packages containing 4, 3-lb. bags of “Chicken Tenders Sea Salt and Ground Pepper” with lot codes 0970451101, 097801101 and 0971111101.
9-lb. packages containing 36 pieces of “Premium Entrée Traditional Sage Raw Breaded Dark Meat Chicken with Homestyle Stuffing” with codes number 0971401101.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-276” inside the USDA mark of inspection. They were shipped to food service locations in California, Nebraska, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Texas. The problem was discovered the company was informed by an ingredient supplier that bread crumbs used in the recalled products potentially contained undeclared milk.

Food service vendors with questions about the recall can contact Tracy Cochran at 580-616-4390.

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Casey Laughman is the former Editor in Chief of Food Engineering magazine. He has almost two decades’ experience as a writer and editor for mainstream and trade publications. He spent several years as a writer and editor for two news services before becoming the editor of a legal publication and managing editor of a trade magazine that covered the commercial facilities market.