A recall on food sold at various frozen food items sold at Trader Joe’s due to potential glass contamination has expanded to nearly 10 million, according to a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory.
Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc. has recalled approximately 9,885,240 pounds of Trader Joe’s Vegetable Fried Rice, which is reported to potentially have shards of glass ranging from 1 to 3 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide. The affected items have best-buy dates ranging from February 28, 2026, to November 19, 2026, and were sold in stores located in 43 states, while Hawaii, Maine, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Iowa were unaffected.
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 various ready-to-eat items, which also affected items sold under 16 other popular brand names such as Kroger, Ling Ling and Tai Pei and sold at Kroger, Aldi, Whole Foods, Costco and Ralphs.
“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 earlier this month. “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.”
Ajinomoto Foods notified FSIS that it received four consumer complaints about glass found in the product. 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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