Urgent Recall Of Chicken Breast Strips Due To Undercooking

If chicken breast strips are a part of your Thanksgiving meal, you need to know that there has been a recall of chicken breast strips announced by the USDA.

Here are the product codes and brand information of the affected chicken according to the USDA press release.

• 5 lb. bags packed 2 bags per case; product labeled “Distributed by National Steak and Poultry, Owasso, OK Fully Cooked, Diced, Grilled Boneless Chicken Breast Meat with Rib Meat” with Lot code 100416, and Case Code: 70020.
• 5 lb. bags packed 2 bags per case; product labeled “Hormel Natural Choice 100% Natural No Preservatives Fully Cooked Roasted Chicken Breast Strips with Rib Meat Natural Smoke Flavor Added” with Lot code 100416, and Case code 702113.

The USDA gave this reason for the recall:

National Steak and Poultry, an Owasso, Okla., establishment, is recalling approximately 17,439 pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products due to adulteration because of possible undercooking, resulting in the potential survival of bacterial pathogens in the products, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

For more information, check out the USDA official press release about this potentially bad chicken.