Recall Alert: Canned Chicken Salad

by Slashfood Editor, Posted Dec 6th 2010 @ 11:00AM

A nationwide recall of 72,000 pounds of canned chicken salad was issued December 5th, through the U.S. Department Food Safety and Inspection Service, CNN reported. Small pieces of loose plastic were found in the packaging, prompting the recall.

The recall is for 8.2-ounce packages of the "Bumble Bee Lunch on the Run Chicken Salad Complete Lunch Kit" and 3.5-ounce packages of "Bumble Bee Chicken Salad with Crackers," according to the USDA statement. The Suter Company, producer of the products, is based in Sycamore, Illinois, but its products are sold nationwide.

"The recalled products -- which have a August 2011 "best-by" date for the lunch kit, and February 2012 corresponding date for the cracker package -- were put together and shipped out to distributors and stores between August 14 and 28 of this year," reports CNN

The FSIS release notes that there are no reports of people getting hurt or sick as a result of the "foreign materials.

For more information, see the Bumble Bee Foods website, or the FSIS release.

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