WASHINGTON DC – The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced this week that Nestlé Prepared Foods is recalling approximately 92,206 pounds of Lean Cuisine Baked Chicken meal products. The meals may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically pieces of white hard plastic.
The baked chicken meal products were produced and packaged on September 2, 2020 and have the lot code of 0246595911 and “Best Before” date of October 2021.
The products subject to recall bear establishment number “EST. P-9018” on the side of the case near the lot number. These items were shipped to retailers and distributors nationwide.
According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), the problem was discovered on December 18, 2020, by the firm, after receiving five consumer complaints involving hard white plastic found in the product. The firm believes the mashed potatoes used in the production of the baked chicken meals products had pieces of a plastic conveyor belt that broke during production.
FSIS has received no reports of injury or illness from consumption of these products.
FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.
Consumers with questions about the recall can contact Nestlé Prepared Foods, at (800) 993-8625.