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Perdue Foods Voluntarily Recalls Refrigerated PERDUE® SIMPLY SMART® Organics Gluten Free Chicken Tenders, Whole Grain Chicken Breast Strips and Whole Grain Chicken Breast Nuggets

May 31, 2019

SALISBURY, MD. (Friday, May 31, 2019) — Perdue Foods, in cooperation with USDA, has voluntarily recalled 31,703 pounds of refrigerated, fully cooked gluten free breaded organic chicken tenders, whole grain breaded organic chicken breast strips and whole grain breaded organic chicken breast nuggets under the PERDUE® SIMPLY SMART® Organics brand because of the potential that the product may contain pieces of bone. All of the SIMPLY SMART® items are no longer in stores and are past their use-by date of May 20, 2019.

Also included in the recall are frozen, fully cooked breaded chicken tenders and fully cooked whole grain chicken strips under the CHEF QUIK® brand for foodservice only.

The recall involves 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.

 “We are committed to producing the highest quality products, therefore, out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to recall all affected products that were produced during the same production run,” said Jeff Shaw, Perdue’s Vice President of Food Safety and Quality.

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.