Tyson Foods is recalling nearly 30,000 pounds of its dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets after some consumers said they found small pieces of metal inside, federal officials said.
The recall announced Saturday involves 29-ounce plastic bags of the product labeled “Fully Cooked Fun Nuggets Breaded Shaped Chicken Patties,” the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement.
The recall affects approximately 29,819 pounds of the dinosaur-shaped nuggets manufactured on Sept. 5 by the Arkansas-based food processing company.
The affected bags have a best-before date of September 4, 2024 and batch codes 2483BRV0207, 2483BRV0208, 2483BRV0209 and 2483BRV0210, the statement said. The packaging features cartoon dinosaurs, one green and one red, looking over a plate of breaded nuggets.
On its website, the company said it was voluntarily recalling the product “out of an abundance of caution.” It added that no other products were affected.
According to the statement from the Food Safety and Inspection Service, the products were shipped to distributors in Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
Tyson said the problem was discovered after receiving complaints from consumers who said they found small pieces of metal in the product, the federal agency said.
There was one report of a “minor mouth injury” related to consumption of the product, but no other reports of injury or illness, officials said.
“Anyone who is concerned about an injury or illness should contact a health care provider,” the federal statement said.
The Food Safety and Inspection Service urged consumers not to eat the nuggets and advised that any products left in the freezer should be “discarded or returned to the place of purchase.”
This is not the first recall of Tyson chicken products. In 2019, the company recalled 69,093 pounds of frozen chicken strips after two people reported finding pieces of metal in the product, the Agriculture Department said at the time.