Tyson Foods is recalling 30,000 pounds of its ‘Fun Nuggets’ chicken after customers found METAL in it and one suffered a ‘mouth injury’

Tyson Foods is recalling about 30,000 pounds of dino-shaped chicken ‘Fun Nuggets’ after Americans found small metal pieces in the patties – and one reported a mouth injury.

The recall, announced Saturday, affects 29-ounce plastic bags containing the frozen, fully cooked nuggets, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service.

Tyson voluntarily recalled the product after several customers found “small, bendable metal pieces” in the T-Rex and stegosaurus-shaped patties.

FSIS noted that one “minor oral injury” was reported. The agency urges consumers to contact a health care provider if they have concerns about illness or injury.

Approximately 29,819 pounds of product is affected.

The frozen nuggets are intended for children and are available in T-Rex and stegosaurus shapes

Tyson voluntarily recalled the product on Saturday after several reports of “small, pliable pieces of metal” found in the gold nuggets and one “minor mouth injury”

By September 5, all contaminated patties were produced at one location.

The affected products bear the product codes 2483BRV02 07, 2483BRV02 08, 2483BRV02 09 or 2483BRV02 10, as well as the location code P-7211, which can be found on the back of the packaging.

Those bags have an expiration date of September 4, 2024.

They were shipped to Alabama, California, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin for further distribution.

USDA officials advised anyone who still has the nuggets in their freezer to throw them away or return the product immediately.

“Whole grain breading and white meat chicken means healthy fun for your kids,” reads a product description on Tyson’s site.

The fully cooked, breaded patties simply need to be heated in a microwave or oven before consuming.

Tyson could not immediately be reached for comment.

President and CEO Donnie King has led the company since 2021. The CEO role has been rotated four times since 2016

All of the contaminated patties were produced at one location on September 5 and shipped to nine other states for distribution

Tyson has been committed to ‘culinary innovation’ since 1960, when the company introduced one of the first branded poultry products

However, this isn’t the first recall: chicken nuggets were recalled in 2019 due to possible rubber contamination and in 2014 after small pieces of plastic were discovered

Tyson Foods – based in Berryville, Arkansas – is the second largest meat processor in the world.

Donnie King has led the company as President and Chief Executive Officer since 2021. The CEO role has been turned four times in seven years since Donnie Smith stepped down in 2016.

Tyson is committed to “culinary innovation,” with a team of nearly 200 working at the Tyson Discovery Center. Fifty of these employees have master’s or PhD degrees, and 46 have earned a CCS Culinologist certification from the Research Chefs Association.

In the 1960s, the company introduced the Rock Cornish Game Hen, one of the first branded poultry products.

Their “first truly innovative convenience product” came in 1976, called the Ozark Fry Chicken Patty. From there, the company began producing chicken strips, fillets and signature breaded nuggets.

The November recall isn’t the first time inedible material has found its way into Tyson products.

In 2019, the company recalled more than 36,000 pounds of chicken nuggets due to possible rubber contamination after a device broke down.

Tyson also recalled more than 75,000 pounds of frozen nuggets in 2014 after consumers discovered small pieces of plastic in their food.