The Seattle-based company claims that it voluntarily "stop sold" its chicken, maple butter, and egg sandwich on June 26.
After deciding on Friday that a recently released morning chicken sandwich did not meet its standards of quality, Starbucks has removed it from its locations.
Starbucks stated that any claims that a particular condition was caused by the product are simply false.
Several people allegedly became ill after eating the sandwich, according to unreliable claims made on social media.
The crowdsourced website, which is committed to recording foodborne illness outbreaks and is credited with helping detect many outbreaks,
logged five instances of the sandwich making customers feel bad, at least momentarily.
In a statement, Starbucks stated: "False information has been spread linking the cease sale to disease.
The quality problem that Starbucks discovered would not result in a food-related illness."
Starbucks asserted that no recall has been issued despite the U.S. Food and Drug Administration delaying in responding to a request for feedback.
There were no complaints about the item in the database as of Friday afternoon.
Starbucks claims that the decision to discontinue food goods over quality issues was made "with an excess of caution" and is neither noteworthy nor unique.
According to Bryan Hitchcock, vice president of the Institute of Food Technologists in Chicago,
Starbucks' rather swift action to remove an offering that didn't meet business standards is "commendable."
Food safety assurance at the point of purchase, in Hitchcock's opinion, involves a variety of variables.