{"id":232074,"date":"2026-04-02T16:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232074\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T16:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T16:54:14","slug":"fda-declares-frozen-nuggets-sold-at-walmart-could-cause-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/232074\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA declares frozen nuggets sold at Walmart could cause illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dinosaur-shaped nuggets are a widely purchased food item in the United States, especially for families with kids, so the latest public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/food\/article\/frozen-pizza-recall-22160587.php\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">health alert<\/a> issued by the \u00a0U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/recalls-alerts\/fsis-issues-public-health-alert-frozen-dinosaur-shaped-ready-eat-chicken-nuggets-due\" data-link=\"native\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)<\/a> is raising real concerns for consumers.<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, April 1, the\u00a0FSIS\u00a0issued\u00a0a public health alert for frozen dinosaur-shaped chicken nuggets sold under the Great Value brand at Walmart stores nationwide, including Texas, that may contain lead. A routine sampling of the products conducted by a state agency uncovered the problem, according to the alert.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A recall was not requested because the products are no longer available for purchase. However, FSIS is concerned that some products may still be in consumers\u2019 freezers,&#8221; the public health alert said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The chicken nuggets in question can be identified specifically as 29-ounce plastic bags of Great Value Fully Cooked\u00a0Dino Shaped Chicken Breast Nuggets with the best by date of February 10, 2027, the lot code 0416DPO1215 and the establishment number P44164.<\/p>\n<p>According to the USDA, there is no safe amount of lead exposure, and the amount of lead found in these nuggets could be up to five times the interim reference level for children.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Lead is especially dangerous for pregnant women, infants, and young children because it can harm developing brains and nervous systems, sometimes causing lasting problems,&#8221; the public health alert said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you have the affected dino nuggets, it is advised to dispose of them\u00a0or return them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Dinosaur-shaped nuggets are a widely purchased food item in the United States, especially for families with kids, so&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1112,820,82,84,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-232074","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-mysafood","9":"tag-mysastaff","10":"tag-san-antonio","11":"tag-san-antonio-headlines","12":"tag-san-antonio-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}