Starbucks customers, say goodbye to the chain's new Chicken, Maple Butter and Egg Sandwich. Shortly after the sandwich was announced as a new item, it's being pulled from menus.
What's behind the doomed sammie's brief appearance? Well, according to a report from NBC News, the sandwich was recalled on June 26 due to a voluntary stop sell.
The recall comes shortly after a handful of messages about the sandwich surfaced on the crowdsourced website iwaspoisoned.com. According to several users, they experienced painful stomach issues after eating the Chicken, Maple Butter and Egg Sandwich.
"Their chicken maple sandwich was recalled recently and I ate one on 6/24.. which makes sense now as i have been having diarrhea and feeling nauseous," one user based in Anaheim, California wrote.
Despite the claims from customers, Starbucks has announced that the decision to stop selling the sandwich was not due to any food borne illnesses it caused.
"The quality issue that was identified by Starbucks would not lead to food borne illness and any reports linking the stop sale to illness are inaccurate," Starbucks said in a statement.
Starbucks added that this was not a FDA-issued recall and shared that their voluntary recall was "because the product didn't meet Starbucks quality standards."
In late June, the Chicken, Maple Butter and Egg Sandwich was one of a handful of new items announced by Starbucks. The other additions, which are currently still on the menu, include the Cookies & Cream Cake Pop, Lime-Frosted Coconut Bar, and the Paradise Drink.
