Perdue recalling ready-to-eat chicken nuggets

UNITED STATES – Perdue Foods, LLC, has announced a recall of over 16,000 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken nugget products due to misbranding and undeclared allergens.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) says that the products contain milk, a known allergen, but is not included on the product label.

The chicken nuggets were produced on January 10th, 2019. The recall includes 12 oz packages of Perdue Fun Shapes Chicken Breast Nuggets with a “Use By” date of MAR 11 2019 and lot codes 17009010 – 19009010.

The products subject to recall also include the establishment number “P-369” inside the USDA mark of inspection. The items were shipped to stores in Connecticut, Delaware, Washington DC, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.

So far there have been no confirmed reports of illness or adverse reaction related to these products. Anyone who purchased these products should not consume them and either throw them away or return them to the place of purchase.

For more information on this recall, click here.