Ajinomoto Foods North America, of Oakland, Mississippi, is recalling about 172,692 pounds of Ajinomoto Yakitori Chicken With Rice for possible foreign material contamination. The foreign material is pieces of plastic, which pose a choking hazard. There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to the consumption of these products.
The recalled product is a not ready to eat, frozen chicken fried rice. It was made from July 9, 2019 to July 11, 2019 with various packaging and different best by dates. The recalled product is 54-ounce cardboard packages containing “AJINOMOTO YAKITORI CHICKEN WITH JAPANESE-STYLE FRIED RICE.” The product has date codes “3559007, 3559008, 3559015, 3559190, and 3559191” and best by dates of “1/7/2020, 1/8/2020, 1/15/2020, 7/9/2020, and 7/10/2020.” The product has the establishment number “P-347080 inside the USDA mark of inspection. It was shipped to retail locations in Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, and Texas.
FSIS thinks that some of this product is frozen in consumers’ home freezers. Please check your freezer carefully to see if you have this item. If you did buy it, throw it away or take it back to the store where you bought it for a full refund.
FSIS is conducting checks to make sure that the recalling firm is notifying all of its customers about this recall. They also want to make sure that the product is no longer on store shelves where consumers can buy it. If a retail distribution list becomes available, it will be published on the USDA web site.
