Tyson Foods is recalling more than 18 tonnes of chicken nuggets that may have been contaminated with rubber, federal officials say.
The products were recalled after the company received complaints of “extraneous material” found in its packaged White Meat Panko Chicken Nuggets, the US Department of Agriculture said Tuesday. Officials classified the recall under the Class I category, meaning there’s “reasonable probability” that consumption of contaminated food will cause serious health consequences or death.
No illnesses have been reported, officials said.
Tyson Foods said consumers contacted the company after they found small pieces of soft, blue rubber in the nuggets. The company said that rubber was found in a “very small number” of packages, but that it decided to recall 16 tonnes of product “out of an abundance of caution.”
