Hormel Foods is remembering almost 5 million pounds of foodservice ready-to-eat frozen chicken items that might be “infected with pieces of metal,” according to a Saturday statement from the U.S. Department of Farming’s Food Security and Examination Service (FSIS).
The Austin, Minnesota– based business traced the contamination to metal pieces from a conveyor belt utilized throughout production, the firm stated. The pieces differed in size, determining approximately 2mm by 17mm, FSIS informed FOX Organization.
The problem was found after Hormel got numerous problems from foodservice clients– consisting of hotels, dining establishments and other companies that serve food to individuals– who reported discovering metal in their frozen chicken breast and thigh items, according to the firm.
The impacted products, offered under the HORMEL ® FIRE BRAISED ™ label, were dispersed across the country in between Feb. 10 and Sept. 19, 2025.
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” Hormel Foods Sales, LLC is willingly remembering 215,258 cases, or 4,874,815 overall pounds, of 5 HORMEL ®(* )FIRE BRAISEDTM products sent out to foodservice operators throughout the United States as they might include extraneous metal product,” Hormel informed FOX Organization on Sunday. The recall consists of bulk cases of boneless chicken breast and thigh meat weighing 13 to 24 pounds, with product codes 65009, 77531, 46750, 86206, and 134394 printed on the labels.
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Both FSIS and Hormel highlighted that the items were not offered in supermarket or straight to customers.
” This item is just offered to foodservice clients and can not be bought straight by customers. All clients that might have gotten the impacted item have actually been appropriately alerted,” the business included.
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FSIS warned that some remembered items might still be saved in the freezers of industrial cooking areas and have actually been carrying out regular checks to guarantee the item is no longer offered to customers.
” These services are prompted not to serve the item,” the firm stated in the statement. “This item needs to be discarded.”
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| Security | Last | Modification | Modification % | HRL |
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| HORMEL FOODS CORP. | 23.83 | +0.06 | +0.25%. | Hormel highlighted to FOX Organization that ” no other HORMEL |
® items are impacted, and no health problems or injuries have actually been reported in association with this recall.” Source:
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