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USDA-FSIS · January 27, 2025 · Public Health Alert

FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Wegmans Frozen Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets Due to Possible Extraneous Material Contamination - posted January 27, 2025 by USDA-FSIS, Public Health Alert.
Reason: Product Contamination.
Distribution: Delaware; Maryland; Massachusetts; New Jersey; New York; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Virginia; District of Columbia.
Details as of October 23, 2026; the linked official notice is authoritative for lot codes, VINs, and remedies.

Agency: USDA-FSIS
Posted: January 27, 2025
Classification: Public Health Alert
Status: Public Health Alert
Recalling firm: Perdue Foods LLC
Source ID: PHA-01272025-01

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 9th. The one before it: Perdue Foods LLC, Recalls Frozen, Ready-To-Eat Chicken Breast Nugget and Tender… (August 16, 2024).

Other recalls from Perdue Foods LLC

Posted	Agency	Recall	Class
August 16, 2024	USDA-FSIS	Perdue Foods LLC, Recalls Frozen, Ready-To-Eat Chicken Breast Nugget and Tender Products…	Class I
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, Jan. 27, 2025 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) is issuing a public health alert for frozen, fully cooked Wegmans breaded chicken breast nuggets that may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically bone fragments. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the product is no longer available for purchase.

The frozen, fully cooked breaded chicken breast nugget product was produced on August 26, 2024. The following product is subject to the public health alert [view labels]:

46-oz. plastic packages containing “Wegmans FAMILY PACK FULLY COOKED Breaded Chicken Breast with Rib Meat” and a best if used by date 08 26 25, located on the back of the packaging next to the barcode in the lower right corner.

The product subject to the public health alert bears establishment number “P-33944” inside the USDA mark of inspection. This item was produced solely for Wegmans Food Markets and distributed to retail locations in Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Washington, D.C.

FSIS was notified of the issue after Wegmans received multiple consumer complaints of bone fragments in the frozen fully cooked breaded chicken breast nugget product.

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

FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased this product are urged not to consume it. This product should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

Consumers and members of the media with questions about the public health alert can contact Wegmans Food Markets at 1-855-934-3663 Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. or Saturday and Sunday from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. ET.

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/.