These Trader Joe’s chicken patties could be crunchy. And that’s why they are recalled
Nearly 100,000 pounds of raw ground chicken patty products sold at Trader Joe’s nationwide have been recalled because they may be contaminated with “extraneous materials,” according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Safety and Inspection Service recall alert issued Wednesday.
Blame it on bones.
Some 97,887 pounds of the raw ground chicken meat produced by Innovative Solutions of Kent, Washington, and shipped and sold nationwide could have pieces of bone mixed in with the patties, the agriculture department found.
Innovative Solutions had fielded calls from consumers complaining of finding bones in the chicken burgers.
There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions. But the agency is “concerned that some product may be in consumers’ freezers.”
What to look for
The chicken patty products were produced on various dates from Aug. 16 to Sep. 29, 2021.
These are the products in the recall:
▪ One pound cardboard packages containing four pieces of Trader Joe’s Chile Lime Chicken Burgers with lot codes 2281, 2291, 2311, 2351, 2361, 2371, 2441, 2511, 2521, 2531, 2561, 2591, 2601, 2671 or 2721 on the label.
▪ Nine pound bulk-pack boxes containing 72 pieces of Spinach Feta Chicken Sliders with lot codes 2361 or 2631.
The products have the establishment number EST. P-8276 printed near the USDA mark of inspection.
If you have these Chile Lime Chicken Burgers or Spinach Feta Chicken Sliders with these lot numbers in your home, return them to the store for a refund. Don’t eat them, the food safety group says.
Questions? Contact Frank Sorba, president of Innovative Solutions, at 206-365-7200, or email frank@innovativesolutionsinc.us.
There is also a USDA Meat and Poultry Hotline at 888-674-6854.
This story was originally published November 12, 2021 at 4:09 PM with the headline "These Trader Joe’s chicken patties could be crunchy. And that’s why they are recalled."
