Alabama’s Wayne Farms LLC in Decatur is recalling about 439,000 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically metal pieces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

A July 27 customer complaint led to the discovery of the problem. The firm investigated to determine the nature of the foreign material complaint and notified FSIS of the findings on Sept. 4. The products were shipped to distributors, restaurants and further processing locations nationwide.

The frozen, ready-to-eat, fully cooked chicken products were produced on various dates from July 4 through July 17, 2018. The recall includes the following products:

Product Name

Packaging

Product Code

3/4″X3/4″ FC NTRL Diced Chicken White Meat

30X30# – 900# combo

43744183

Fully Cooked Diced Chicken

1200# combo

275863

Fully Cooked Diced Chicken

30X30# – 900# combo

43521046

3/4″X1 FC chicken White meat

35# Boxes bulk

ME116

fully cooked grilled seasoned white meat chicken fines

900# combo – bulk

20710

FC Grill Chicken Meat

30X30# – 900# combo

43521046

FC CKN White Meat Diced

4X5# bags

81

Fully Cooked Grill Marked White Chicken Strips

30X30# – 900# combo

43125651

Fully cooked all natural diced chicken

30X30# – 900# combo

43763015

Fully Cooked all natural diced seasoned white meat chicken

30X30# – 900# combo

43744183

Fully Cooked Grill Marked white meat chicken strips

30X30# – 900# combo

43125651

The products subject to recall bear establishment number “P-20214” inside the USDA mark of inspection. These items were shipped to distributors, restaurants and further processing locations nationwide.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions or injury due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ refrigerators or freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify recalling firms notify their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to make sure that the product is no longer available to consumers. When possible, the FSIS website will post the retail distribution list.

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