Foster Farms is recalling pre-cooked frozen chicken products due to possible foreign material contamination

WASHINGTON, October 29, 2022 – Foster Farms, a Farmerville, La., establishment is recalling approximately 148,000 pounds of pre-cooked frozen chicken breast products that may be contaminated with foreign materials, particularly hard, clear plastic pieces, the US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today .

The pre-cooked, frozen, breaded chicken breast patties were manufactured on August 11, 2022. The following products may be recalled [view labels]:

• 80-oz. plastic bag packages containing 20 pieces of “CHICKEN CHICKS BREADED CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT” with best-by date “08/11/23”, establishment number “P-33901[ads1]” and batch code “3*2223**” in inkjet write on the back edge of the packaging as well as ” 7527899724″ under the barcode.

These items were shipped to Costco distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah and Washington and may have been redistributed to Costco retail locations.

The problem was discovered when the company notified FSIS that it received consumer complaints reporting hard, clear plastic embedded in pre-cooked, frozen, breaded chicken breast products with a best-by date of August 11, 2023.

There have been no confirmed reports of injury associated with the use of this product, but FSIS believes that the hard plastic pieces may be sharp and possibly cause injury. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare professional.

FSIS is concerned that some products may be in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them, and retailers are urged not to sell them. These products should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.

FSIS routinely conducts recall effectiveness checks to verify that recall firms are notifying their customers of the recall and that steps are taken to ensure that the product is no longer available to consumers. When available, the detailed distribution list(s) will be posted on the FSIS website at www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls.

Consumers with questions about the recall can contact the Foster Farms Consumer Hotline at 1-800-338-8051 or info@fosterfarms.com. Members of the media with questions about the recall may contact Ira Brill, Vice President of Communications, Foster Farms, at 209-394-6891.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask the USDA from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Consumers can also browse food safety alerts at Ask USDA or email a question to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers who need to report a problem with a meat, poultry or egg product, the online Consumer Complaint Monitoring System is available 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.