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Some frozen Wegmans rooster nuggets could also be contaminated with bone fragments, the Meals Security and Inspection Service (FSIS) warned in a Monday public well being alert.
The general public well being alert in regards to the “possible extraneous material contamination” comes only a handful of days after a recall of the potentially-affected 46-ounce packages of Wegmans Household Pack Totally Cooked Breaded Rooster Breast with Rib Meat nuggets by New York-based grocery retailer chain. The nuggets, made in late August of final yr, should not on retailer cabinets.
The Wegmans brand outdoors their Astor Place grocery retailer on Oct. 28, 2023, in New York Metropolis. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
The FSIS mentioned it launched the public well being alert to “ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed.”
The doubtless contaminated Wegmans rooster nugget packages will be recognized by a best-by date of Aug. 26, 2025, and the institution quantity “P-33944,” based on the well being company housed throughout the U.S. Division of Agriculture.
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“FSIS is concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers,” the alert mentioned. “Consumers who have purchased this product are urged to not consume it. This product should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.”
FOX Enterprise reached out to the grocery retailer chain for remark.
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No shoppers have reported accidents from consuming the Wegmans rooster nuggets. Nonetheless, Wegmans has fielded “multiple” complaints from shoppers about discovering items of bone, the FSIS mentioned.
The grocery retailer chain mentioned on its web site that it’ll give a full refund to shoppers that return packages of the possibly contaminated rooster nuggets.
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Wegmans shops in eight states – Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virginia – obtained the affected nugget packages once they had been accessible, per the FSIS. The District of Columbia did as effectively.
A pair is seen on the car parking zone of a Wegmans grocery store in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, Nov. 21, 2022. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Photographs/LightRocket through Getty Photographs / Getty Photographs)
The privately held firm operates 111 shops up and down the East Coast. It employs over 54,000 individuals and generates some $12.5 billion in gross sales yearly, based on its web site.
