Hormel is recalling 5 million pounds of ready-to-eat frozen chicken over metal concerns
There have been no reports of injury, but people complained of pieces of metal in chicken. Hormel says it was from a conveyor belt used in production.
Food giant Hormel is recalling nearly 5 million pounds of chicken products after complaints that pieces of metal were found in food, officials said Saturday.
There have not been any reports of injury, the Food Safety and Inspection Service under the U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a statement.
The issue was discovered after “multiple complaints from foodservice customers finding metal in their frozen chicken breast and chicken thigh products.”
Hormel Foods Corp. found the metal came from a conveyor belt during production, the agency said.
The chicken breast and thigh products were distributed to HRI Commercial Food Service nationwide between Feb. 10 and Sept. 19, the food safety service said.
A list of the recalled products is here, and the agency said there are concerns the products have made their way to hotels or other food service institutions.
Hormel is recalling approximately 4,874,815 pounds of food-service ready-to-eat frozen chicken products, the food safety agency said.
