Recall: 92,000 LBS. of Wal-Mart Chicken Nuggets..."may contain pieces of plastic"

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Recall issued for chicken nuggets sold at Walmart



http://pagingdrgupta.blogs.cnn.com/2010/07/20/recall-issued-for-chicken-nuggets-sold-at-walmart/?hpt=Sbin

Perdue Farms is recalling nearly 92,000 pounds of chicken nuggets because of concern that a small number of them may contain pieces of plastic. The nuggets are sold under the Great Value brand in Walmart stores in the United States.

"We determined the likely source was a small plastic ring that got into the raw material before the nuggets were formed," said Bruce Stewart-Brown, Perdue's senior vice president for food safety and quality, in a news release. The company says no one has been hurt.

The recall involves just over 50,000 packages of fully cooked nuggets. Click here for packaging details. Perdue says no other Great Value or Perdue products are involved in the recall.

Perdue says concerned consumers should call 877-727-3447 or visit the USDA website.

[havocmom]

1. safe to say most of us assumed it wasn't chicken in there

[MilesColtrane]

2. How can they tell?

[OhioChick]

3. "DUPE"

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4471931

Sorry, couldn't resist. :evilgrin:

[Amerigo Vespucci]

11. OK, I had that one coming, because I checked, but didn't really knock myself out...

:rofl:

:toast:

[anarch]

4. I thought that was on purpose...no?

Jeez, shows what I know.

[DJ13]

5. I guess rubber was too expensive?

[FirstLight]

6. if the plastic went in before cooking

wouldn't that imply that the heat from cooking would melt said plastic? so really it is a chemical contamination?

that's it...i already have cut alot of 'cheap' foods out of our diet, but this may make me go off the deep end with self preparing ALL our foods... just make the chicken strips from scratch and freeze them. Homemade tastes better anyway ;)

[LiberalEsto]

7. They might also recall some plastic items

because of contamination with chicken.

[joeybee12]

8. Honestly, I'd be surprised if there was actually any chicken in these...n/t

[Oregone]

9. Seriously great news

This implies they aren't normally just plastic.

[David__77]

10. I've always drawn the line at Great Value molded meat products.

My bar is pretty low, but those nuggets, which I've seen before, are not actually a particularly "great value." And, really, I think they need some new marketing people. Not everyone finds the generic packaging to be appealing.

[HopeHoops]

12. Hell, isn't EVERYTHING from WallMart Chinese plastic?

:shrug:

[w8liftinglady]

13. can anyone answer me-where exactly are these packaged?