WASHINGTON – The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a public health alert for frozen, fully cooked Wegmans breaded chicken breast nuggets that may be contaminated with extraneous material, specifically bone fragments.
The agency was notified of the issue after Wegmans received multiple consumer complaints of bone fragments in the frozen fully cooked breaded chicken breast nugget product.
A recall was not requested because the product is no longer available for purchase.
The nuggets were produced on Aug. 26, 2024. The following product is subject to the public health alert:
- 46-oz plastic packages containing “Wegmans FAMILY PACK FULLY COOKED Breaded Chicken Breast with Rib Meat” and a best if used by date 08 26 25, located on the back of the packaging next to the barcode in the lower right corner.
The product subject to the public health alert bears the establishment number “P-33944” inside the USDA mark of inspection.
This item was produced solely for Wegmans Food Markets and distributed to retail locations in Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington, DC.
There have been no confirmed injury reports due to consumption of these products.