There I was getting ready to make some Tyson Buffalo Chicken Strips for lunch. The strips were on the baking tray waiting for the oven to warm up and as I was scrolling through Facebook, that's when I saw it. The Time article that said "Tyson Recalls Nearly 12 Million Pounds of Chicken Strips Because They Might Contain Metal." I proceeded to put the chicken strips in the garbage and now it's such a sad day!
According to the Time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Saturday about expanding the chicken strip recall from march which included 69,000 pounds of chicken strips. The expansion recall on Saturday now included more than 11.8 million pounds of chicken strip products, after consumers found metal in the product. The product that is in recall has the establishment number "P7221."
The full list of recall products can be found HERE.
In a statement made by Barbara Masters, the Vice President of Regulatory Food Policy, Food and Agriculture for Tyson foods said,“Consumers expect that the food they eat is safe. In their best interest and in an abundance of caution we’re taking quick and decisive action to expand this recall, our company is taking corrective action at the location that makes these products. We have discontinued use of the specific equipment believed to be associated with the metal fragments, and we will be installing metal-detecting X-ray machinery to replace the plant’s existing metal-detection system.”
You bet I expect my chicken stips to be safe! Metal-free, with the only crunch coming from the delicious breading. In case you’re wondering, I’m still hungry.