Chicken recall as urgent warning issued over plastic found inside products

A leading poultry producer in Arkansas has issued a recall of around 26,550 pounds of TGI Fridays-branded boneless chicken bites over concerns they "may be contaminated with extraneous material," the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) has said. In an alert issued on Friday, the federal agency announced that Simmons Prepared Foods—based in Siloam Springs and which provides chicken for retailers and restaurants—was recalling packs of the honey BBQ boneless bites following reports that "pieces of clear, hard plastic" had been found in the product. The company feared some contaminated...