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WASHINGTON — A recall of 148,000 pounds of chicken products has been announced Saturday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. The recall covers certain frozen chicken breast patties under the Foster Farm label. The patties may be contaminated with "hard clear pieces of plastic," the agency said.
"These items were shipped to Costco distribution centers in Arizona, California, Colorado, Utah and Washington, and may have been further distributed to Costco retail locations," the USDA inspection service says.
The recall came following customer complaints, but no confirmed injuries related to the contamination have been reported, the agency says.
The contaminated products are "fully cooked, frozen, breaded chicken breast patties" in an 80-oz. bag of Foster Farms chicken patties containing 20 pieces, according to the USDA.
Contaminated products were produced on Aug. 11 with a best by date of "8/11/23," establishment number "P-33901," and lot code "32223**" with a "7527899724" under the barcode, the agency says.
Customers are urged to not eat these chicken patties and retailers are urged to not sell them, the agency says. Customers can either throw the product away or return to the location where it was purchased.
More information is available at the USDA website for this recall.
Consumers can also call the Foster Farms Consumer Hotline at 1-800-338-8051 or email info@fosterfarms.com. Questions about food safety can be directed to the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-MPHotline or 888-674-6854.
