OK Foods Recalls Nearly 1 Million Pounds of Chicken Due to Contamination
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Check your freezers: OK Foods has just issued a massive recall of nearly 1 million pounds of breaded chicken.
The chicken recall was issued due to possible contamination with "extraneous materials," specifically metal, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The contamination was discovered after OK Foods received five separate complaints from consumers saying that they had found metal objects in the ready-to-eat chicken products. An internal investigation by the firm confirmed the contamination and determined that the metal shards found in the chicken were from metal conveyor belting.
The chicken affected had gone through production between Dec. 19, 2016, and March 7, 2017, and includes several different variations{: rel=nofollow} of OK Foods's breaded chicken products, including its ABC-shaped chicken nuggets and herbed, seasoned chicken breasts. These products were distributed to retailers nationwide, including some Walmart stores.
The agency said that there have been no reports of illness or injury as a result of consuming the contaminated chicken. However, anyone who has purchased those chicken products is urged not to eat them—they should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
This story originally appeared on Self.
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