Pilgrim's Pride Recalls Fully Cooked Chicken Due to Metal Contamination
Pilgrim's Pride recalls over 5 million lbs of fully cooked chicken products due to possible extraneous metal contamination. Check your product dates and stop eating them.
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Product Contamination
What happened, in plain English
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. is recalling approximately 5,176,844 pounds of various fully cooked chicken products because they may be contaminated with extraneous metal materials. The recall covers multiple brands including Gold Kist Farms, Sweet Georgia, and Green Dragon, produced between August 2014 and December 2015. Consumers are urged not to consume these items. Read more at govinfonow.com/recall/1275559-pilgrim-s-pride-recalls-fully-cooked-chicken-due-to-metal.
Source Summary by GovInfoNow · govinfonow.com/recall/1275559-pilgrim-s-pride-recalls-fully-cooked-chicken-due-to-metal · Updated October 9, 2026 · Official notice: USDA FSIS #027-2016 expansion
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“Pilgrim's Pride Recalls Fully Cooked Chicken Due to Metal Contamination.” GovInfoNow, updated October 9, 2026. https://govinfonow.com/recall/1275559-pilgrim-s-pride-recalls-fully-cooked-chicken-due-to-metal. Based on USDA FSIS recall #027-2016 expansion (https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls-alerts/pilgrims-pride-corp--recalls-poultry-products-due-possible-foreign-matter).
Why it’s dangerous
The products may contain extraneous metal materials that could cause injury if ingested. The contamination was identified after consumer complaints regarding plastic and foreign matter in the chicken nuggets.
Who’s affected
Institutional buyers, such as schools, and consumers who purchased these products through commercial channels nationwide are affected. Anyone who has fully cooked chicken nuggets, patties, strips, or diced meat from the listed brands and dates is at risk.
How to tell if you have this one
Look for fully cooked chicken products from Pilgrim's Pride, Gold Kist Farms, Sweet Georgia, or Green Dragon. Check for specific use-by/sell-by dates ranging from May 2016 to December 2016 and packaging dates from August 2014 to December 2015. The products bear establishment number EST. 20728 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
- Brand
Pilgrim's Pride- Category
Meat & poultry
What to do — step by step
Stop consuming the product
Do not eat any recalled chicken products immediately.
Discard or return items
Throw away the affected products or return them to the place of purchase.
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.
Questions people ask
Has anyone been injured by these products?
There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to consumption of these products, but consumers concerned about injury should contact a healthcare provider.
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Where this comes from
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 expansion (May 6, 2016)
- Plain-language summary written by qwen3.6:35b-a3b on October 9, 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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