More grocery chains have been added to the expanded recall on millions of pounds of food products sold at Trader Joe’s grocery stores, the Los Angeles Times reports.
Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc., initially recalled approximately 3,370,530 pounds of frozen not ready-to-eat chicken fried rice products that potentially contained foreign material, specifically glass, on February 19. The recall was later expanded to include 33,617,045 additional pounds various ready-to-eat and not ready-to-eat products for a combined total of nearly 37 million pounds of food sold under the Kroger, Ling Ling, Tai Pei and Trader Joe’s labels, as well as its house brand, and sold at Trader Joe’s, Kroger, Aldi, Whole Foods, Costco and Ralphs under various varieties.
“The problem was discovered when the establishment notified FSIS that it received multiple consumer complaints,” the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service said in a statement obtained by the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday. “Upon further investigation, the establishment determined that a vegetable source ingredient, specifically carrots, was the likely source of the glass contamination, which also impacted the additional products subject to this expanded recall.”
The recalled items were produced between September 8, 2025, and November 17, 2025, and include the following labels:
- 1.53-kg. cardboard packages containing 6 bags of frozen “AJINOMOTO YAKITORI CHICKEN WITH JAPANESE-STYLE FRIED RICE” with BEST BEFORE/MEILLEUR AVANT dates 26 SE 09 through 26 NO 12.
- 20-oz. (1 lb. 4 oz.) plastic bag packages containing frozen “TRADER JOE’S Chicken Fried Rice with stir fried rice, vegetables, seasoned dark chicken meat and eggs” with BEST BY dates 9/8/2026 through 11/17/2026.
Ajinomoto Foods notified FSIS that it received four consumer complaints about glass found in the product, however, there have been no confirmed injuries caused by consumption at the time of publication. FSIS is concerned that some products may still be in consumers’ freezers and should be thrown away or returned to their place of purchase.
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