Tyson has recalled about 30,000 pounds of frozen chicken nuggets after small pieces of metal were found in the meat.
The contaminated nuggets were voluntarily recalled by the multinational food products corporation after consumers reported finding ‘small, pliable metal pieces’ in the frozen meals.
At least one person suffered from a ‘minor oral injury’ from the metal, the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) said.
The meals, which were marketed as dinosaur-shaped ‘Fun Nuggets’ were produced at a Tyson facility on September 5.
They have since been sold in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin, the USDA said.
The agency is working to create a comprehensive list of the stores the nuggets were shipped to.
The USDA’s Food Safety Inspection Service is concerned that consumers may have left packages of contaminated nuggets in their freezers, and are encouraging purchasers to double check their bags.
The contaminated nuggets have a ‘best if used by date’ of September 4, 2024. They will also have product codes 2483BRV0207, 2483BRV0208, 2483BRV0209 and 2483BRV0210.
Tyson has asked purchasers with contaminated bags to cut the product codes from the back of the packaging, throw out the food, and call or text 1-855-382-3101.
Tyson, which is headquartered in Springdale, Arkansas, is the second-largest meat producer in the world.
The company claims one in every five pounds of chicken, pork, and beef sold in the US is produced by Tyson.
The vast majority of the meat they produce is chicken, and the company claimed to move 47,000,000 head of chicken per week in 2022.
However, this is not the first time Tyson has had to recall their chicken due to contamination.
In 2019, they recalled over 36,000 pounds of white meat panko chicken nuggets after consumers reported finding rubber in their meals.
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