Concerns over possible listeria outbreak ha prompted massive scale back of 8.5 million pounds of ready-to-eat chicken products made by Tyson Foods Inc. According to USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, on June 9, they received a report of two people who became severely ill with listeriosis, following which they worked with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to determine if the illness were linked to the consumption of Tyson Chicken products. The company has recalled exactly 8,492,832 pounds of frozen, fully cooked chicken made between Dec. 26, 2020, and April 13, 2021. The USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service, have warned citizens to throw out the companies frozen food purchased on that particular date.