Wayne Farms Inc. of Decatur, Ala. is recalling approximately 28,528 pounds of frozen, fully cooked, chicken products because they may contain pieces of a plastic pen, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced.
The products under recall are 900-lb. combo cases containing thirty, 30-lb. bags of Wayne Farms, FULLY COOKED GRILL MARKED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN STRIPS. The chicken products were produced on Oct. 3, 2012 and bear the USDA mark of inspection and the case codes “372277174001” through “372277254005” on the label.
Combo cases from the following dates are also affected: Sept. 6, 2012, Sept. 19, 2012, and Sept. 24, 2012. The products were distributed to a facility in Kentucky for further processing into potential retail products.
Wayne Farms told FSIS about the problem after the company received complaints from a customer who discovered the foreign matter while preparing to further process the product. No reports of injury associated with consumption of this product.
