UK SUPERMARKETS have issued urgent recalls on frozen raw breaded chicken products after hundreds of people fell ill with food poisoning.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) are urgently recalling several chicken products due to a possible health risk.

The products were sold at various supermarkets including Aldi, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Lidl, Iceland and B&M.

It comes as 480 cases of Salmonella have been recorded in connection to the products.

The effected products include:

  • Chick Inn 32 Jumbo Chicken Nuggets (sold at Heron Foods and B&M)
  • Red Hen Breaded Chicken Nuggets and Red Hen Southern Fried Chicken Pops (sold at Lidl)
  • Roosters Southern Fried Poppin’ Chicken and Roosters Breaded Poppin' Chicken (sold at Aldi)
  • Chip Shop Curry Chicken Breast Toppers and Southern Fried Chicken Popsters (sold at Iceland)
  • SFC Chicken Poppets and Take Home Boneless Bucket (sold at both Sainsbury's and Morrisons)

All products have been removed from UK supermarkets and customers are being warned not to consume the products if they have them at home.  Instead, return it to the store from where it was bought for a full refund.

FSA and Public Health England (PHE) are now reminding people once again to take care when handling and cooking frozen raw breaded chicken products at home, such as nuggets, goujons, dippers, poppers and kievs.

Colin Sullivan, Chief Operating Officer, FSA said: “Our advice is to always take care when storing, handling and cooking these types of frozen breaded chicken products to help reduce the risk of food poisoning to you and your family.

“You should always check the cooking instructions on food packaging, as different brands of the same product might have different instructions. Cooking food at the right temperature and for the correct length of time will ensure that any harmful bacteria are killed.”

How to tell if you’re affected:

Customers can identify affected products by checking the product details including the best before dates.

Further details on the products being recalled:

Red Hen Breaded Chicken Nuggets

Pack size: 450g

Best before End: February 2022

Red Hen Southern Fried Chicken Pops

Pack size: 210g

Best before: 05 February 2022

Chick Inn 32 Jumbo Chicken Nuggets

Pack size: 650g

Lot number: 31453058

Best before: End of January 2022

SFC Chicken Poppets

Pack size: 190g

Batch code: L 15520

Best before: 24 September 2021

SFC Chicken Poppets

Pack size: 190g

Batch code: L13720

Best before: 31 October 2021

SFC Chicken Poppets

Pack size: 190g

Batch code: PKW008A

Best before: 28 February 2022

SFC Chicken Poppets

Pack size: 190g

Batch code: PKW011A

Best before: 28 February 2022

SFC Take Home Boneless Bucket

Pack size: 650g

Batch code: L19720

Best before: 28 November 2021

Roosters Southern Fried Poppin’ Chicken

Pack size: 210g

Batch code: L15320, L14720, L14820, L14920, L15020, L15120, L16020

Best before: 25 May 2022

Roosters Breaded Poppin' Chicken

Pack size: 210g

Batch code: L15320, L14720, L14820, L14920, L15020, L15120, L16020

Best before: 25 May 2022

Iceland Chip Shop Curry Chicken Breast Toppers

Pack size: 400g

Best before: 27 February 2021, 17 March 2021 and 8 April 2021

Iceland Southern Fried Chicken Popsters

Pack size: 220g

Best before: 4 April 2021

Find out more on the FSA website here.