Recall: Something Even Nastier than Usual Lurks in Tyson Chicken NuggetsDaisy Luther Due to an issue with some of the processing equipments, consumers may find a little something extra in their nuggets little bits of plastic. The USDA reports: Sadly, plastic is not the worst thing you might find in chicken nuggets. They are made when the inedible parts of the chicken are washed with ammonia to kill bacteria, mechanically separated which means turned into a paste, and squirted out into mini-nugget blobs or patties. The parts included are the entire carcass, the tendons, the gristleugh. Then artificial flavors and good old MSG are used to disguise the nasty origins of the meat and because its Pepto-pink, artificial color is used to make it look like chicken. The other sample had a whopping 50 percent muscle. The remainder consisted primarily of fat, with some blood vessels and nerve present, as well as epithelium, the stuff that glands are made of. Now why would national fast-food chains be mixing bone and fat and whatnot into the chicken meat they grind into nuggets? I doubt anyone ever woke up and thought, Im craving some mechanically formed orbs of chicken parts, including meat, but also with plenty of fat, connective tissue, glands, and bone. Offal is a lot cheaper than meatthe more you can work in, the more profit you can eke out of this popular menu item. Granted, people should eat more offal, as Ive argued before. But (a) they have a right to know when theyre eating it; (b) one reason people eat chicken meat is because they think its leancutting it with chicken fat turns such eaters into suckers; and (c) bone matter, really? Bones are great when theyre gently boiled into highly nutritious broths and stocks. That seems like a much more reasonable use for them than hiding them in chicken nuggets. (source) So therein lies all of the chicken bits and pieces people wouldnt normally eat, GMO corn starch, GMO dextrose, and chemical flavors and colors. Big Food is also not well-known for its humane treatment of animals. They are raised in horrific conditions, treated with antibiotics and hormones, and fed GMO corn. Considering all of this nastiness that you can find with a seal of USDA/FDA approval in the freezer section of your grocery store, its gotta be bad if there is something included that ups the nastiness quotient to the point a recall is necessary. After all, in the grand scheme of revolting things to eat, are little flecks of plastic really that much grosser than the other stuff contained within that crispy coating? If you or someone you love happens to have this stuff lurking in your freezer, you can find complete information about the recallHERE. Our anarchist recommendation? If you are going to eat chicken, try to find a local source of free range poultry. Cook it yourself. It really doesnt take that much longer to throw a chicken breast on a pan and put it in the oven than to shake nuggets out of a bag onto a pan and put it in the oven. If your kids want friendly shapes, you can pound the chicken thin with a meat mallet and use a stainless steel cookie cutter to make dinosaurs, butterflies, and whatnot. Related selfnews Post Article: Daisy Luther is a freelance writer and editor with a passionate interest in food freedom and activism. She regularly commits acts of Nutritional Anarchy, where this article first appeared,by growing and preserving food on her small organic farm in the Pacific Northwestern United States. She is the author of The Pantry Primer: How to Build a One Year Food Supply in Three Months. Daisy is the founder of The Organic Prepper, where she writes about healthy prepping liberty, and survival issues. You can follow her on Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter, and you can email her at daisy@theorganicprepper.ca. 