UPDATE: Trader Joe's announced an expansion of the Ajinomoto recall initiated on Feb. 19, to now include four more products possibly contaminated with foreign material, specifically glass.

Affected products:

• Chicken Fried Rice - Best by Dates 03/04/2026 through 02/10/2027
• Vegetable Fried Rice - Best by Dates 02/28/2026 through 11/19/2026
• Japanese Style Fried Rice - Best by Dates 02/28/2026 through 11/14/2026
• Chicken Shu Mai - Best by Dates 03/13/2026 through 10/23/2026

If you have packages of these products listed above, do not use them.

You should discard the product or return it to any Trader Joe’s for a full refund.

Customers with questions may contact Trader Joe's Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817 (Monday-Friday, 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. PT)

ORIGINAL STORY: SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service and Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc., based in Portland, Ore., announced a recall for approximately 3,370,530 pounds of frozen not ready-to-eat chicken fried rice products possibly contaminated with glass.

Officials say the chicken fried rice items were produced between Sept. 8, 2025, and Nov. 17, 2025.

One of the products include the 20-oz. (1 lb. 4 oz.) plastic bag packages of 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.

The recalled products have on them the establishment number P-18356 inside the USDA mark of inspection. The Trader Joe’s item was shipped to Trader Joe’s retail locations nationwide.

Officials say the problem was discovered after FSIS was notified by Ajinomoto Foods North America that it received four consumer complaints regarding glass found in product.

The FSIS states there have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of this product. Anyone concerned about an injury is encouraged to contact their healthcare provider. 

Consumers who've bought these products are urged not to eat them. These products should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase.

Also recalled were the 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. This item was only exported to Canada.

You can learn more about this recall on the FSIS website.