New recall issued for chicken products

Almost 2 million pounds of frozen, raw stuffed and breaded chicken has been recalled.

The chicken from Aspen Foods, a division of Koch Poultry Co., of Chicago, Ill., may be contaminated with salmonella enteritidis, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced.

This chicken was produced between April 15 of this year and July 10, 2015, with “best if used by” dates of July 14, 2016, to Oct. 10, 2016.

The product subject to recall bears the establishment number “P-1358” inside the USDA mark of inspection. It was shipped to retail stores and food service locations nationwide.

Another recall announced earlier this week was from Barber Foods, a Portland, Maine, establishment, which recalled 1.7 million pounds of frozen, raw stuffed chicken products that may be contaminated with salmonella enteritidis, according to the USDA’s FSIS.

These products were produced between Feb. 17, 2015, and May 20, 2015.

Recalled was the 2-pound, 4-ounce cardboard box containing six individually pouched pieces of “Barber Foods Premium Entrees Breaded Boneless Raw Stuffed Chicken Breasts with Rib Meat Kiev” with use by-sell by date of April 28, 2016, May 20, 2016, and July 21, 2016, and Lot Code number 0950292102, 0950512101, or 0951132202.

These products bear the establishment number “P-276” inside the USDA mark of inspection, and were shipped to retail locations nationwide.

A third recent chicken recall was from Murry’s Inc., a Lebanon, Pa., establishment, of about 20,232 pounds of gluten-free breaded chicken nuggets recalled, that tested positive for staphylococcal enterotoxin, according to the USDA’s FSIS.

Recalled were 12-ounce boxes of “Bell and Evans Gluten Free Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets” with best by date of March 25, 2016.

The product has an establishment number of P-516 inside the USDA mark of inspection, and it was shipped for distribution nationwide.

For more information about the recalls, visit www.recalls.gov/recent.html.