Missouri Firm Recalls Chicken Nugget Products Due To Possible Foreign Matter Contamin

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2014 – Tyson Foods Inc., a Sedalia, Mo. establishment, is recalling approximately 75,320 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken nugget products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.


The following products are subject to USDA recall:

• 5-lb. bags of “Tyson Fully Cooked White Meat Chicken Nuggets – 16142-928” with a “Best if Used By” date of “Jan 26 2015” or Feb 16 2015.” The manufacturer codes “0264SDL0315 through 19” and “0474SDL0311 through 14” can also be found on the bags. These products were produced Jan. 26, 2014 or Feb. 16, 2014 and shipped nationwide to one retail warehouse club chain.
• 20-lb. bulk packs of “Spare Time Fully Cooked Nugget-Shaped Chicken Breast Pattie Fritters w/Rib Meat – 16142-861” with identifying case codes of “0264SDL0315 through 19” and “0474SDL0311 through 14.” These products were produced Jan. 26 and Feb. 16, 2014 and were shipped for institutional use in Indiana and Arkansas.

The product bags bear the establishment number “P-13556.”
The problem was discovered after the firm received consumer complaints that small pieces of plastic were found in the products. The problem was traced to a product scraper inside a blending machine.


The company has received reports of minor oral injury associated with consumption of these products. FSIS has received no additional reports of injury or illness from consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness from consumption of these products should contact a healthcare provider.


FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify that recalling firms notify theircustomers of the recall and that steps are taken to make certain that the product is no longer available to consumers.


Consumers with questions about the recall should contact Tyson Foods Consumer Services toll free at (866) 328-3156. Media with questions about the recall should contact Dan Fogleman, of Tyson public relations, at (479) 290-2166.

What are "extraneous materials"? I stopped eating the ones at McDonald's. Too salty!! And they offer that to children?!!

I am guessing the material is plastic, and probably white.

The various grinding and pumping machines have food-grade plastic paddles and other parts that are used to scrape or move the raw or ground product.

Unfortunately, people sometimes install these wrong after sanitation, or possibly the parts simply break from age, and get into the product. Plastic is not metal-detectable, It also has similar density to bone, so X-Ray sometimes does not even pick it up. Being that the plastic used is normally white, it may not even be noticed with visual inspection.

In our factory, we have been converting all white/clear plastic material food-contact parts to blue or green colored. Very visible, even the tiniest pieces, in ground meat. It would be great of the entire industry demanded equipment manufacturers to make their plastic parts a contrasting color to the food products being processed. It;s expensive for us little guys to try to do the right thing.