Birds Eye recalls 13,000 packets of chicken nuggets over plastic fears

Birds Eye are recalling 13,000 packets of chicken nuggets over fears they contain small pieces of clear plastic.

The company has urged customers not to eat the frozen food because they may be unsafe to eat.

The products being recalled are Birds Eye 790g packs of chicken nuggets with golden wholegrain that contain 50 pieces each.

A company spokesman said in a statement: “The safety of everyone who enjoys and loves our products is of the utmost importance to us and as soon as we became aware of a potential situation with our chicken nuggets, we immediately investigated and took precautionary action.

“This particular batch may contain small pieces of clear plastic due to an isolated manufacturing fault and we simply do not want to risk people consuming it.

“If you have the product in your freezer, please keep the part of the packaging that displays the batch code and then dispose of the product and contact us to arrange a refund of the purchase price.

“Alternatively, people can visit the stores they purchased the product from for a full refund.”

The batches to be recalled have a best before date of October 2020 and come with the code: "L9208 W V124", "L9208 X V124", "L9208 Y V124" or "L9208 Z V124".

Customers can find the codes on the back of the bag, next to the best before date.

The chicken nuggets are sold in all of the big four supermarkets apart from Tesco, and they cost between £3 and £4 for a pack.

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