Recalled: Metal Pieces Found in Popular Tyson Chicken Nuggets
You can find them in supermarkets throughout New Jersey and the country. For parents, it’s a quick meal for their kids. For kids, it’s one of their favorite meals. For some kids, it’s the only thing they’ll eat. When your kid won’t eat anything else, this is usually the one thing they’ll enjoy.
Chicken nuggets are an American staple. Apparently, Tyson took that statement a little too literally. There have been reports that a staple-like substance has been found in some of their products.
Tyson Foods has voluntarily recalled a huge amount of chicken nuggets. Specifically, 30,000 pounds of frozen dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets have been recalled. Some parents and other consumers have found small metal pieces in the little dinosaur snacks. It’s worth noting that the nuggets are made from chicken and not dinosaurs.
It includes Tyson’s fully cooked “Fun Nuggets” sold to retailers in 29-ounce packages.
The food in question is 29-ounce plastic packages of Tyson Foods’ “fully cooked Fun Nuggets breaded shaped chicken patties.” The front of the package has a picture of two dinosaurs, a green one and a red one. The pack is a resealable bag and also reads, “Tyson 100% all-natural ingredients, fully cooked fun nuggets, breaded shaped chicken patties.”
According to the Tyson Foods news release “The product was produced at one location on September 5, 2023. Impacted products bear the product codes 2483 BRV02 07, 2483 BRV02 08, 2483 BRV02 09, or 2483 BRV02 10, establishment code P7211, with a best if used by date of September 4, 2024. Product cases may be identified by code 048153-6910, 10000048153.”
The press release asks that any consumers who have purchased the affected items should cut the UPC and date code from the packaging. You should then discard the product and call or text 855-382-3101.
The list of retail stores that received the product will be posted on USDA’s website.
No other Tyson brand products have been affected by the recall.
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