Almost 200,000 Pounds of Chicken Recalled
The recall is be done by Tyson Foods.
According to WTEN, Tyson Foods has announced that they are recalling over 190,000 pounds of ready to eat chicken fritter products because they could possibly be contaminated.
The United States Department of Agriculture said that the company believes the frozen ready to eat chicken products may be contaminated with extraneous materials that they identified as hard plastic.
According to the recall, the recalled chicken was sold in cases that were shipped to institutional food service locations nationwide and some schools but were not packaged for retail sale.
The frozen food was produced on Feb. 28th and packaged in cases that contained four 8.2-pound bags in each case. The cases read, "Fully Cooked, Whole Grain Golden Crispy Chicken Chunk Fritters" with a case code 0599NHL02.
As of now, there have been no confirmed reports of anyone getting sick from eating the recalled chicken but the USDA is advising any locations that have any of the recalled chicken to throw away the bags or return them to the place of purchase.
Get the full recall details online here.