Chicken Nuggets Recalled, Wheat Research Could Fight Stem Rust

Tyson five-pound bags of fully cooked white meat nuggets with a best if used by date of January 26, 2015 or February 16, 2015 are part of that recall. Also 20-pound bulk packs of Spare Time Fully Cooked Nugget-Shaped Chicken Breast Pattie Fritters with Rib Meat are part of the recall.

While this fungus has not been found in the U.S., it is considered a potential threat to up to 90 percent of the world’s wheat. Scientists are studying a diverse group of grasses including einkorn wheat, emmer wheat and goatgrass.