--- title: Tyson Recalls More than 36,000 Pounds of Chicken Nuggets description: Tyson Foods is recalling 36,420 pounds of chicken nuggets that may be contaminated with rubber. canonical: https://time.com/5516393/tyson-chicken-nuggets-recall/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2019-01-30T16:22:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:57:11.251Z og:title: More Than 36,000 Pounds of Tyson Chicken Nuggets Recalled og:description: The nuggets may contain rubber og:url: https://time.com/5516393/tyson-chicken-nuggets-recall/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd566ec518ad7d8d3/69894439db298756f4261be0/tyson-chicken-nuggets-recall.jpg?branch=production&width=508&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 508 og:image:height: 286 og:image:alt: tyson-chicken-nuggets-recall og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: More Than 36,000 Pounds of Tyson Chicken Nuggets Recalled twitter:description: The nuggets may contain rubber twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd566ec518ad7d8d3/69894439db298756f4261be0/tyson-chicken-nuggets-recall.jpg?branch=production&width=508&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # More Than 36,000 Pounds of Tyson Chicken Nuggets Recalled Over Possible Rubber Contamination > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2019 4:22 PM UTC  Close-up of chicken nuggets on cutting board Close-up of chicken nuggets on cutting board Pinghung Chen/ EyeEm/Getty Images  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer Jan 30, 2019 4:22 PM UTC There’s rubbery chicken and there’s chicken that could have actual rubber in it. [Tyson Foods](http://time.com/4510420/tyson-chicken-nugget-recall/) is recalling 36,420 pounds of [chicken nuggets](http://time.com/5509669/fried-foods-death-risk/) because they may be contaminated with [rubber](http://time.com/4391096/rubber-deforestation/), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) [announced](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/wps/portal/fsis/topics/recalls-and-public-health-alerts/recall-case-archive/archive/2019/recall-009-2019-release) Tuesday. A recall on 5-pound bags of “Tyson WHITE MEAT PANKO CHICKEN NUGGETS” that were produced on Nov. 26, 2018 and have a use-by date of Nov. 26, 2019 was issued after consumers complained of “extraneous material, specifically rubber” in the product, according to the press release. “FSIS is concerned that some product may be frozen and in consumers’ freezers. Consumers who have purchased these products are urged not to consume them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase,” the release read. FSIS is advising consumers to purge their freezers of the affected product as the contamination is considered a high health risk. However, the department said there have been no reported health problems caused by the nuggets under scrutiny, as of Wednesday morning. 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