Recall: Gold Kist & Sweet Georgia Fully Cooked Chicken Due to Foreign Matter
Pilgrim's Pride recalls over 4.5 million lbs of fully cooked breaded chicken products due to possible plastic, wood, rubber, and metal contamination.
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possible contamination with extraneous materials, including plastic, wood, rubber, and metal
What happened, in plain English
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. is recalling approximately 4,568,080 pounds of fully cooked chicken products because they may be contaminated with extraneous materials like plastic, wood, rubber, and metal. The recall covers various Gold Kist Farms and Sweet Georgia Brand items produced between August 21, 2014, and March 1, 2016. Consumers are urged not to consume these products. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/1275553-recall-gold-kist-sweet-georgia-fully-cooked-chicken-due-to.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/1275553-recall-gold-kist-sweet-georgia-fully-cooked-chicken-due-to · Updated October 11, 2026 · Official notice: USDA FSIS #027-2016 EXP
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“Recall: Gold Kist & Sweet Georgia Fully Cooked Chicken Due to Foreign Matter.” GovInfoNow, updated October 11, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/1275553-recall-gold-kist-sweet-georgia-fully-cooked-chicken-due-to. Based on USDA FSIS recall #027-2016 EXP (https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/pilgrims-pride-corp--recalls-poultry-products-due-possible-foreign-matter-1).
Why it’s dangerous
The products may contain foreign materials such as plastic, wood, rubber, and metal. Ingesting these items can cause physical injury or illness, although there have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions to date.
Who’s affected
Institutional buyers, including schools that purchased through commercial channels, and consumers who may have acquired these products. Anyone who has the specific fully cooked breaded chicken items listed in the record is at risk of ingesting foreign materials.
How to tell if you have this one
Look for fully cooked breaded chicken products from Gold Kist Farms or Sweet Georgia Brand in clear bags inside cardboard boxes (10-lb, 20-lb, or 30-lb boxes). Check the use-by/sell-by dates ranging from mid-2015 to late 2016 and packaging dates from 2014 to 2016. The products bear establishment number EST. 20728 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
- Brand
Gold Kist Farms / Sweet Georgia Brand- Category
Meat & poultry
What to do — step by step
Stop consuming the product
Do not eat the recalled chicken products if you have them in your possession.
Discard or return items
Throw away the products or return them to the place where they were purchased.
What USDA FSIS says to do
Consumers who have purchased the recalled products are urged not to consume them.
How this recall unfolded
Recall timeline
FSIS closed this recall in 2017.
- USDA FSIS announced the recall
- FSIS closed the recall
Dates from the agency record only; steps without a date are left out.
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The facts (hazard, remedy, dates, manufacturer) are pulled from the official USDA FSIS recall record. The plain-language summary and step-by-step checklist are written by GovInfoNow to make the official notice easier to act on — they don’t replace it.
- Official source: USDA FSIS Recall #027-2016 EXP (April 26, 2016)
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 11, 2026, from the official record above. Not reviewed by a person — if it conflicts with the USDA FSIS notice, the notice is correct. Report an error on this page.
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