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Expert Available: Health Alert Issued for Wegmans Chicken Nuggets

A public health alert has been issued by The Agriculture Department’s Food Safety and Inspection Service for frozen, fully cooked Wegmans Food Markets breaded chicken breast nuggets.

The alert was issued over possible contamination with bone fragments for the Wegmans Family Pack Fully Cooked Breaded Chicken Breast with Rib Meat.

The George Washington University has experts available who can offer insight and analysis. If you would like to schedule an interview, please contact Katelyn Deckelbaum, katelyn.deckelbaum@gwu.edu.

Barbara Kowalcyk is the associate professor and director of the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security within the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health. For 20 years she has been a nationally recognized expert in food safety with training in epidemiology, public health informatics, risk science, regulatory decision-making, and public policy.

Janet Buffer, is the senior institute manager for the Institute for Food Safety and Nutrition Security within the GW Milken Institute School of Public Health.

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