WARNING: Popular Food Items At Costco Are Being Recalled Due To Dangerous Contamination
By Timfly
Foster Farms is recalling more than 220,000 pounds of its cooked frozen chicken nuggets distributed throughout the Western United States.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the chicken “may be contaminated with extraneous blue plastic and black rubber materials.”
The products subject to recall include:
• 5-pound bags of Foster Farms’ “Breast Nuggets — Nugget Shaped Breaded Chicken Breast Patties with Rib Meat.” The bags exhibit “best by” dates of February 21, 2017, and March 8, 2017.
• 10-pound bulk boxes of Foster Farms’ “Breast Nuggets — Nugget Shaped Breaded Chicken Breast Patties with Rib Meat.” The boxes contain package codes 6053 and 6068.
According to Foster Farms, the affected 5-pound bags were sold at Costco locations in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah and Washington. The 10-pound bags were sold to nonretail wholesale distributors in California and Arizona.
Foster Farms said the problem was discovered after customer complaints, and it notified the USDA on Friday.
In a statement, Foster Farms said, “Food safety is, and has always been, our top priority and we are vigilant in employing the most up-to-date safety measures to produce wholesome, healthy and delicious food products. Foster Farms has formed a Food Safety Advisory Board comprised of leading national food safety experts to validate best practices, evaluate emerging technologies and to help guide the company’s food safety systems on an ongoing basis.”
According to the USDA, there has been no illness linked to the recalled product. Customers who purchased it are urged to throw it away or return it to their place of purchase.
Also Last week. April 25th, CRF Frozen Foods, which distributes its products to grocery stores including Meijer and Costco, has issued a recall for 15 varieties of frozen vegetables sold across the U.S. and in parts of Canada for possible contamination with listeria.
The products in question include green peas, sweet corn, and mixed vegetables. They're sold under the brand names True Goodness By Meijer, Wellsley Farms Organic, Organic By Nature, Organic By Nature - Canada, and Schwan's.
The following states are included in the recall: Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan are also affected.
The products were sold between Sept. 13, 2015 and Marc 16 in 35 states and Canada. Consumers are urged to take the packages back to the store where they were purchased for a refund or discard them.
Affected products can be identified by the UPC and Use By Date on the back of the plastic package:
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