Suzanna's Kitchen Recalls Grilled Chicken Strips Due to Unapproved Thallium
Suzanna's Kitchen is recalling approximately 15,408 pounds of grilled chicken breast strips because they contain unapproved concentrations of thallium. No illnesses have been reported.
The agency’s classification
USDA FSIS: Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: The recall involves a high-risk unapproved substance (thallium) in a ready-to-eat product where injury has not yet been reported, fitting the High severity criteria for risk-of-harm products.
Plain-English summary
Suzanna's Kitchen, Inc., a Peachtree Corners, Georgia establishment, is recalling approximately 15,408 pounds of grilled chicken products due to the presence of an unapproved substance. The affected product is 8-oz. boxed packages of Nature Raised Farms Organic Gluten Free Grilled Chicken Breast Strips with a Use By date of June 20, 2019, and lot number 1718SUZ01. These ready-to-eat items were produced on June 20, 2018, and bear establishment number EST. 1381 on the side panel of the box.
The recall was initiated after the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services tested retail packages and found concentrations of thallium in the product. FSIS classifies this as a Class II recall, noting that while the concentration levels do not present an immediate health hazard, prolonged ingestion of the contaminated product in sensitive populations could cause some health effects. The products were shipped to retail locations nationwide.
There have been no confirmed reports of adverse reactions due to 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 is concerned that some product may be frozen in consumers' freezers.
The recalled product
- Product
- Suzanna's Kitchen, Inc., Recalls Poultry Products due to an Unapproved Substance
- Brand
- Suzanna's Kitchen Inc.
- Manufacturer
- Suzanna's Kitchen Inc.
- Category
- Food — Poultry
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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