Hormel recalls 4.9M pounds of chicken possibly 'contaminated with pieces of metal'

Hormel Foods is recalling nearly 5 million pounds of foodservice ready-to-eat frozen chicken products that may be "contaminated with pieces of metal," according to a Saturday announcement from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS).The Austin, Minnesota–based company traced the contamination to metal fragments from a conveyor belt used during production, the agency said. The pieces varied in size, measuring roughly 2mm by 17mm, FSIS told FOX Business. The issue was discovered after Hormel received multiple complaints from foodservice customers — includin