The H.E.Butt Grocery Company requested today that customers return five UPC Codes of Tyson pre-cooked chicken products and one UPC Code of Hill Country Fare pre-cooked chicken product purchased at H-E-B grocery stores throughout the state. This action is a voluntary precaution and the result of notification to H-E-B by the product manufacturer, Tyson Foods, that the pre-cooked chicken products may be undercooked. The products were manufactured at Tyson’s Chicken Quick Plant in Rogers, Arkansas. There are no known cases of illness associated with the consumption of the products, and no pathogenic organisms have been found in product testing. H-E-B has decided to remove the product from the shelf as a precaution. ALL of the product has been pulled off the shelf today.

H-E-B requests that the following products not be consumed. They should be returned to the store for a full refund: 

Code  Product Description    UPC Code           Julian Date

             (Boxed)                    (i.e. 0481 = 48th day of 2001)

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2360 Tyson Breast All codes prior to 0481
Tenderloins 23700 02360 (Feb 17, 2001)
2362 Tyson Southern
Style Breast All codes prior to 0481
Tenderloins 23700 02362 (Feb 17, 2001)
2183 Tyson Spicy
Breast All codes prior to 0481
Tenderloins 23700 02183 (Feb 17, 2001)
30152 Hill Country
Fare Breast All codes prior to 0481
Tenderloins 41220 21735 (Feb 17, 2001)

Code Product Description UPC Code Julian Date
(Bagged) (i.e. 0481 = 48th day of 2001)

3802 Tyson Buffalo All codes prior to 0481
Chicken Strips 23700 03802 (Feb 17, 2001)
3803 Tyson Crispy All codes prior to 0481
Chicken Strips 23700 03803 (Feb 17, 2001)

NOTE: No other Hill Country Fare or Tyson Branded Retail products are affected.

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“We want to assure our customers that all affected product has been removed from store cases. Nevertheless, it is important that if any customer has this product in their possession, they return it to any H-E-B store as soon as possible for a full refund,” said Bill Fry, Vice President of Quality Assurance for H-E-B.

The affected product was sold at all H-E-B grocery stores in Texas. Central Market stores and Mexico stores are NOT affected.

Customers with questions should call Tyson Foods at 800/233-6332 or H-E-B Customer Relations at 800/432-3113. News media should call H-E-B Public Affairs at the following numbers: 

San Antonio/West Texas area    210/559-3879

Gulf Coast area                361/815-9557

Border area                    210/559-3879

Austin/North Texas area        512/619-3396

Houston area                   281/250-6306

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