WASHINGTON, D.C. — Federal food safety officials have retracted a public health alert issued last week for frozen, ready-to-eat chicken nuggets sold at Walmart after determining the product does not pose a health risk.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announced Monday that additional testing found no elevated levels of lead in Great Value fully cooked dinosaur-shaped chicken breast nuggets produced by Dorada Foods.
The alert, originally issued April 1, was based on routine surveillance testing by the New York State Department of Health that indicated elevated trace levels of lead. Because the product is commonly consumed by children, officials issued the warning out of an abundance of caution.
Subsequent testing of the original product lot and additional batches, conducted by both state officials and the manufacturer, found no evidence of contamination.
Federal officials said further review determined the initial result was a false positive caused by sporadic laboratory contamination during analysis, not by the product itself.
Based on those findings, FSIS concluded the nuggets do not pose a public health concern and formally withdrew the alert.
The product carried a “Best If Used By” date of Feb. 10, 2027.
