July 21, 2010 10:20 AM

Chicken Nugget Recall: Perdue Wal-Mart Food Scare, What You Need to Know

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David W Freeman
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(CBS/AP) Consumers cried foul after bits of blue plastic showed up in their chicken nuggets - and Perdue Farms Inc. responded by recalling more than 90,000 pounds of frozen chicken nugget products.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday that the affected product is the 1-pound, 13-ounce bag of "GREAT VALUE Fully Cooked Chicken Nuggets." The nuggets are sold in Wal-Mart stores nationwide.

Each bag bears the establishment number P-33944 as well as a case code of 89008 A0160. 

Purdue says consumers who bought the affected nuggets can return them to the store for a refund.

Agriculture authorities have not gotten any reports of injuries and called the risk low. But you don't have to be chicken not to want to eat them.



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by fayedelicious July 27, 2010 12:56 PM EDT
Make your own nuggets in about a city minute: http://www.youtube.com/dinnerconfidential
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by thejoker12 July 25, 2010 8:22 AM EDT
You have to read the expiration dates on Walmart products. I recently found several pre-made pizza crusts 6 months past expiration date. Tainted food appears in anything at any store. Kellogs is an example of that.
Quietdsp not everyone can afford the food at Hyvee, Jewels, Safeway or Piggly Wigglys. Would Aldis be acceptable to you or are you above that as well? I can't grow chicken in my yard it is against city policy.
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by Quietdsp July 23, 2010 9:04 PM EDT
Why are you buying food at Wal-Mart anyway? Good LORD!! A Store that is chock full of CHEAP **** made in China and people are buying food here? WOW, America is FULL of consumption ******. SMARTEN UP AMERICA!!!!!! Don't buy ANYTHING at Wal-Mart..... Try gardening that way you wont have time to feed the consumption monster that is Wal-Mart.
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by Commbo July 22, 2010 9:42 AM EDT
Well, no wonder Walmart recalled those nuggets, David! I have loved chicken nuggets since their introduction by McDonald's. Quite frankly, I prefer those from McDonald's and Chick-Fil-A over Walmart's, anyway. The chicken plant management should fire those employees who mistakenly put plastic pieces in those recalled nuggets...Rats!
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