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Perdue Foods and the USDA have announced a voluntary recall of 31,703 pounds of refrigerated, fully cooked chicken products sold nationwide under various brand names because the chicken may contain pieces of bone.

Perdue Foods says it is recalling the following products:

• Perdue^® Simply Smart^® Organics refrigerated gluten free breaded chicken breast tenders. these items were produced in March 2019 with a “best if used by date” of 5/20/2019 and UPC product bar code of 072745-001437.
• Perdue^® Simply Smart^® Organics refrigerated whole grain chicken breast strips. these items were produced in March 2019 with a “best if used by date” of 5/20/2019 and UPC product bar code of 072745-002656.
• Perdue^® Simply Smart^® Organics refrigerated whole grain chicken breast nuggets. these items were produced in March 2019 with a “best if used by date” of 5/20/2019 and UPC product bar code of 072745-001642.
• Chef Quik^® frozen, fully cooked breaded chicken tenders boneless tender shaped chicken breast patties with rib meat. these items were produced in March 2019 with a “packed on date” of 9080 (3/21/2019) and UPC product bar code of 22143.
• Chef Quik^® frozen, fully cooked whole grain chicken breast strips strip shaped breaded chicken breast patties with rib meat. these items were produced in March 2019 with a “packed on date” of 9080 (3/21/2019) and UPC product bar code of 77265.

The company says, if you have any of the refrigerated Perdue^® Simply Smart^® organics brand packages in your home, please do not consume the product and contact Perdue Foods at 866-866-3703 for a full refund of your purchase. we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. if you have additional concerns, please contact Perdue Foods or visit the USDA web site.