US Perdue Foods urgently recalls about 75 tons of frozen chicken products

According to news on August 19, US Perdue Foods has recently launched a large-scale emergency recall involving approximately 75 tons of frozen chicken chunks and chicken tenders. The reason is that consumers have found metal wires in these products.

According to a report by the Associated Press on the 18th, Perdue issued a notice on the 16th stating that it has been confirmed that very fine metal wires were accidentally mixed into chicken products during the production process. Although metal wires have only been found in a "limited number of" products so far, in order to ensure safety, the company has decided to conduct a large-scale recall.

Perdue and the US Food Safety and Inspection Service jointly determined that about 75 tons of chicken products may be contaminated. The recalled chicken products are sold in retail stores nationwide in the United States. Fortunately, as of now, there have been no reports of consumers experiencing adverse reactions from consuming the recalled batches of chicken products.

According to the Associated Press, contamination by foreign substances is one of the main reasons for food recalls in the United States. In November last year, Tyson Foods also urgently recalled more than 13 tons of chicken chunks due to the discovery of metal pieces in its products. In addition to metals, plastic fragments, gravel, insects, etc. have also appeared in various foods, leading to multiple emergency recalls.