Tyson Foods chicken recall expands to nearly 9 million pounds due to listeria risk

An already large chicken recall is widening, with Tyson Foods adding more than 450,000 pounds of ready-to-eat poultry products to an existing recall of 8.5 million pounds possibly contaminated with listeria.

Shipped nationwide to retailers, restaurants, schools, hospitals and military bases, the recall involves three dozen fully cooked poultry products such as chicken strips, diced chicken and pizza with chicken, according to a notice posted Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Safety and Inspection Service. An outbreak related to the bacteria and linked to Tyson products has led to one death in Delaware and sickened two people in Texas, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.