Nestlé Recalls Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken Meals Due to Plastic Contamination
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken meal products that may contain pieces of hard white plastic. No illnesses have been reported.
What this means for you
Illness, injury, or structural failure has been reported. Stop using the product immediately and contact the manufacturer for a refund or repair.
Our severity reasoning: The source metadata explicitly classifies this as a USDA Class I recall. According to the rubric, USDA Class I recalls are assigned a severity score of 4 (Severe), regardless of the lack of reported injuries.
Plain-English summary
Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling approximately 92,206 pounds of Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken meal products due to possible contamination with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of white hard plastic. The affected product is the 8 5/8-oz. (244g) carton tray of “LEAN CUISINE Baked Chicken, white meat chicken with stuffing, red skin mashed potatoes and gravy” with a lot code of 0246595911 and a “Best Before” date of October 2021. These items were produced and packaged on September 2, 2020, and bear establishment number “EST. P-9018.”
The recall was initiated after the company received five consumer complaints regarding hard white plastic found in the product. The firm believes the contamination originated from pieces of a plastic conveyor belt that broke during production. The products were shipped to retailers and distributors nationwide.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has received no reports of injury or illness from the consumption of these products. Consumers who have purchased these items are urged not to consume them and should throw them away or return them to the place of purchase. FSIS notes that some product may be frozen in consumers' freezers.
The recalled product
- Product
- Nestlé Prepared Foods Recalls Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken Meal Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
- Category
- Food — Frozen Prepared Foods
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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