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Perdue Foods LLC, Recalls Frozen, Ready-To-Eat Chicken Breast Nugget and Tender Products Due to Possible…

USDA-FSIS · August 16, 2024 · Class I

Perdue Foods LLC, Recalls Frozen, Ready-To-Eat Chicken Breast Nugget and Tender Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter… - posted August 16, 2024 by USDA-FSIS, Class I.
Reason: Product Contamination.
Quantity involved: 26,243 lbs.
Details as of October 24, 2026; the linked official notice is authoritative for lot codes, VINs, and remedies.

Agency: USDA-FSIS
Posted: August 16, 2024
Classification: Class I
Status: Closed Recall
Recalling firm: Perdue Foods LLC
Source ID: 024-2024

How this recall compares

Perdue Foods LLC has 9 recall events in the FDA (2012+) and USDA-FSIS (2014+) records tracked here; by posting date this is the 8th. The one before it: FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Perdue Frozen Ready-To-Eat Chicken Tender… (August 23, 2022).
At 26,243 pounds, it is larger than 68% of the 31 USDA-FSIS recalls from 2024 that state a quantity in pounds.
It is one of 4 foreign-material recall events FDA and USDA-FSIS posted in August 2024 (all foreign-material recalls).

Other recalls from Perdue Foods LLC

Posted	Agency	Recall	Class
January 27, 2025	USDA-FSIS	FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Wegmans Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets Due to…	Public Health Alert
August 23, 2022	USDA-FSIS	FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Perdue Frozen Ready-To-Eat Chicken Tender Products…	Public Health Alert
September 17, 2019	USDA-FSIS	Perdue Foods LLC Recalls Simply Smart Organics Frozen Chicken Ready-to-Eat Products Due…	Class II
May 31, 2019	USDA-FSIS	Perdue Foods LLC Recalls Perdue Simply Smart Organics Poultry Products Due to Possible…	Class I
January 28, 2019	USDA-FSIS	Perdue Foods, LLC Recalls Refrigerated Fun Shapes Chicken Breast Nuggets Due to…	Class I
January 17, 2019	USDA-FSIS	Perdue Foods LLC Recalls Simplysmart Organics Gluten Free Chicken Nugget Products Due to…	Class I
January 23, 2018	USDA-FSIS	Perdue Foods LLC Recalls Chicken Products due to Misbranding and Undeclared Allergens	Class I
September 6, 2014	USDA-FSIS	Maryland Firm Recalls Fresh, Raw Chicken Products Due To Possible Processing Flaw	Class II

Matched by company name after removing suffixes such as Inc. and LLC; parent companies and subsidiaries are counted separately.

Official summary

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16, 2024 - Perdue Foods LLC, a Perry, Ga. establishment, is recalling approximately 167,171 pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken breast nugget and tender products that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically metal, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today.

The frozen, ready-to-eat chicken breast nugget and tender items were produced on March 23, 2024. The following products are subject to recall [view labels]:

22-oz. (1.38-lbs.) vacuum-sealed plastic packages containing "PERDUE Simply Smart ORGANICS Breaded CHICKEN BREAST NUGGETS" with Best If Used By date of "03 23 25" represented on the back of the package.

29-oz. (1.81-lbs.) vacuum-sealed plastic packages containing "PERDUE CHICKEN BREAST TENDERS with Best If Used By date of "03 23 25" represented on the back of the package.

22-oz. (1.38-lbs.) vacuum-sealed packages containing "BUTCHERBOX Organic Chicken Breast Nuggets" with Best If Used By date of "03 23 25" represented on the back of the package.

The products subject to recall bear establishment number "P-33944" on the back of the package. These items were shipped to retail locations nationwide and sold online directly to consumers.

The problem was discovered after the firm received consumer complaints about metal wire embedded in the product and notified FSIS of the issue.

There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products. Anyone concerned about an injury or illness should contact a healthcare provider.

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers' freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

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

Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Perdue Consumer Care at 1-866-866-3703. Members of the media with questions about the recall can contact Andrea Staub, Senior Vice President, Perdue Foods, at 443-493-3522 or andrea.staub@perdue.com.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline (888-674-6854) or send a question via email to MPHotline@usda.gov. For consumers that need to report a problem with a meat, poultry, or egg product, the online Electronic Consumer Complaint Monitoring System can be accessed 24 hours a day at https://foodcomplaint.fsis.usda.gov/eCCF/.