Foreign-matter contamination prompts Pilgrim's Pride recall

WACO, Texas (AP) - Pilgrim's Pride has ordered a massive recall of cooked chicken products after consumers and federal meat inspectors found contamination by such foreign material as wood, plastic, rubber and metal.

The recall of more than 4.5 million pounds of fully cooked chicken products announced Tuesday is an expansion of a recall of almost 41,000 pounds of cooked chicken nugget products announced April 7.

Foreign-matter contamination prompts Pilgrim's Pride recall