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2 Million Pounds Of Chicken Recalled

2 million pounds of chicken are being voluntarily recalled by Simmons Foods, Inc’s, a meat packing plant based in northwest Arkansas over concerns that fresh and frozen chicken could be contaminated with little pieces of metal that was packaged between October 21st and November 4th, 2019. The tainted meat including whole chicken, wings, and breast meat, was shipped to Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Minnesota, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania. No reported illnesses.

These numbers include:

  • P-1949
  • P-486
  • P-5837

Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Donald Miller, senior vice president of sales at Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc., at (888) 831-7007.

Consumers with food safety questions can call the toll-free USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 1-888-MPHotline (1-888-674-6854) or live chat via Ask USDA from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (Eastern Time) Monday through Friday. Consumers can also browse food safety messages at Ask USDA 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/.

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