Georgia recalls Perdue chicken nugget products


              FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, chickens huddle in their cages at an egg processing plant at the Dwight Bell Farm in Atwater, Calif. The government is pushing the poultry industry to make their chicken and turkey a little safer with new standards aimed at reducing the number of cases of foodborne illness by 50,000 a year. The proposed standards announced Wednesday by the Agriculture Department apply to the most popular poultry products _ chicken breasts, legs and wings, and ground chicken and turkey. They are voluntary but designed to pressure companies to lower rates of salmonella and another pathogen, campylobacter, WHAT’S THIS? in their products. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)
FILE - In this Sept. 10, 2008 file photo, chickens huddle in their cages at an egg processing plant at the Dwight Bell Farm in Atwater, Calif. The government is pushing the poultry industry to make their chicken and turkey a little safer with new standards aimed at reducing the number of cases of foodborne illness by 50,000 a year. The proposed standards announced Wednesday by the Agriculture Department apply to the most popular poultry products _ chicken breasts, legs and wings, and ground chicken and turkey. They are voluntary but designed to pressure companies to lower rates of salmonella and another pathogen, campylobacter, WHAT’S THIS? in their products. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Perdue Foods has recalled 4,350 pounds of chicken nugget products produced and sold in Georgia because the products have the potential to be contaminated with extraneous plastic materials.

The products included in the recall include Applegate Naturals Chicken Nuggets produced on Sept. 28, 2015, packaged in 8-ounce boxes containing approximately 18 chicken nuggets with a "Best Before" date of 09/27/2016. The products bear establishment number "P-2617" inside the USDA mark of inspection.

Georgia Agriculture Commissioner Gary W. Black said state inspectors will be checking retail stores and warehouses to make sure the recalled products have been removed from sale.

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