Over 60,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Recalled in Just Two Days

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Over 60,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Recalled in Just Two Days

Melissa Melton
Ready Nutrition

Two different lots of frozen chicken products totaling 60,669 pounds have been recalled by the the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in just a matter of two days.

Concerns over staph bacteria contamination has prompted the USDA to recall 31,689 pounds of frozen chicken products sold by Murry’s Inc. out of Lebanon, Pennsylvania.

The chicken products have a best by date of August 9, 2015 and include the following products (view labels):

12-oz. boxes of “Bell & Evans Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets.”
10.5-oz. boxes of “Bell & Evans Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast.”
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The products in question have the establishment number “P-516” inside the USDA mark of inspection.

Staphylococcal enterotoxins cause food sickness pretty quickly, usually within 30 minutes after eating food contaminated with it. Symptoms are the usual: nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and stomach cramps which typically clear up within three days.

These products were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

I’ve seen these chicken products for sale at all manner of grocery store from low-end to upscale, including places like Whole Foods Market and Natural Grocer among others.

The day before that recall was announced, the Aspen Foods Division of Koch Meats out of Chicago recalled 28,980 pounds of chicken products that may be contaminated with a particular strain of Salmonella Enteritidis — this time because the products were associated with a verified, specific illness cluster.

The product was single five-ounce plastic packets of raw stuffed chicken breast breaded, boneless breast of chicken with rib meat “A La Kiev.” So far at least one person has been hospitalized after consuming “a La Kiev.”…..more here

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Over 60,000 Pounds of Frozen Chicken Recalled in Just Two Days