Throw away: FDA issues Class 1 recall of nearly 5 million pounds of chicken

In an immense product recall involving nearly 5 million pounds of food, Hormel Foods Corporation is recalling ready-to-eat frozen chicken products that may have been contaminated with metal.

The Federal Department of Agriculture (FDA) issued the recall as a Class I recall — the agency’s most severe level . That indicates a situation where there is a reasonable probability that consumption of the product will cause “serious adverse health consequences or death.”

The products, which include Hormel Fire Braised Meats chicken thigh and breast meat, as well as boneless chicken breast with rib meat, may contain metal.

“The problem was discovered after the establishment received multiple complaints from foodservice customers finding metal in their frozen chicken breast and chicken thigh pr