A woman bought sealed chicken salad from Costco and saw ‘cooked chicken breast’ on the label, then opened it and found pieces she says looked raw

A TikTok creator says a sealed container of Costco chicken salad contained pieces that looked raw, even though the label lists cooked chicken breast. Tammy Morris, who posts as @tammy.morris79, opened the container on camera and showed pink chicken with a glossy sheen. Her video has pulled in over a million views.

Subplot News reported that Morris captioned the post by saying her Costco chicken salad was literally raw. The label lists cooked chicken breast as the first ingredient but also carries safe-handling instructions for the product. Morris said the container was sealed when she bought it, and she returned it to the store for a refund.

Morris said she was not trying to bash Costco and posted the video for the safety of other shoppers. In a follow-up caption she said she did not want free food or money from the company. The outlet said it reached out to Costco and to Morris for comment, and no response had been reported at the time.

Commenters argued over whether the pink chicken was raw or just dark meat

The video split viewers almost immediately, as one user wrote that she doubted the claim until the chicken appeared on screen, and then agreed it looked raw. That reply drew thousands of likes. However, other viewers were less convinced and said the color alone did not prove the chicken was undercooked.

Food safety guidance from agencies such as the USDA says color alone is not a reliable sign that poultry is cooked, since cooked chicken can stay pink and undercooked chicken can look done. That is why viewers on both sides kept returning to texture and labeling instead of color.

One of the commenters said thigh meat can stay dark pink near the bone even when fully cooked, a point several viewers raised in different words across the replies. Another user offered another test, saying cooked chicken pulls apart in strings, which in their view was not what the footage showed.

A few viewers focused on the refund instead of the chicken, as one of them pointed out that Costco’s refund policy is generous, and that the return should have gone smoothly. Morris described returning the item, so the exchange itself did not appear to be in dispute, and the argument stayed focused on what the footage actually shows.

Morris is not the first customer to film what a chicken product looked like inside, as a Florida man opened a Burger King chicken wrap on camera to question what the filling was. In both cases the footage let viewers judge the color and texture for themselves. However, a brief clip cannot show how the product was stored or handled after the label was applied.

The label detail is what made the video travel. A package that says cooked chicken breast and also includes handling instructions sends mixed signals to a shopper who sees pink meat on opening. Still, the label only describes the intended product, and nothing in the video proves what temperature the chicken reached before it was sealed.

Costco has not been reported as responding, so the container’s contents remain a matter of opinion in the comment section, and a clear answer from the company would settle the argument faster than more footage would.

Attack of the Fanboy was unable to independently verify Costco’s side of the story, as this account originates solely from Morris’s TikTok video.