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Updated at 3:53 p.m. March 24, 2026: Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc. said in a notice posted by the Food and Drug Administration that over 400,000 cases – or 9.8 million pounds – of Trader Joe’s vegetable fried rice are being recalled due to the presence of “foreign objects.” This is an expansion of the previously announced recall, noted in the story below. More information is available here.

Trader Joe’s is recalling four frozen food products from its stores nationwide because they may be contaminated with glass.

In a March 3 announcement, the California-based grocery chain said it recalled packages of Vegetable Fried Rice, Chicken Shu Mai and Japanese Style Fried Rice “out of an abundance of caution” because those items may contain “foreign material.”

The alert comes about a week and a half after Trader Joe’s recalled Chicken Fried Rice. The latest announcement adds new batches for that product, according to the update.

The recalled items are:

• Chicken Fried Rice with best-by dates of March 4, 2026 through Feb. 10, 2027
• Vegetable Fried Rice with best-by dates of Feb. 28, 2026 through Nov. 19, 2026
• Japanese Style Fried Rice with best-by dates of Feb. 28, 2026 through Nov. 14, 2026
• Chicken Shu Mai with best-by dates of March 13, 2026 through Oct. 23, 2026

According to Trader Joe’s, there have been no reports of injuries related to the recall.

Impacted products should be thrown away or returned to the Trader Joe’s store where they were purchased. Customers may also contact the company at 626-599-3817 or send an email.

Of the roughly 630 Trader Joe’s stores across the U.S., New Jersey is home to 20 locations.

Ajinomoto Foods’ wider recall

Trader Joe’s announcements are part of a wider recall of nearly 37 million pounds of frozen food distributed by Portland-headquartered Ajinomoto Foods North America, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Federal safety regulators said in a March 3 alert that the potentially contaminated products span various ready-to-eat and not-ready-to-eat chicken fried rice, pork fried rice, ramen and shu mai dumpling products sold under various brand names.

Besides Trader Joe’s, the recalled items were labeled under the names Ajinomoto, Kroger, Ling Ling and Tai Pei and shipped to retailers across the U.S. Certain Ajinomoto items were exported to Canada and Mexico, too, the agency said.

The USDA said it has received “multiple consumer complaints involving glass found in product.”

After further investigation, officials said they “determined that a vegetable source ingredient, specifically carrots, was the likely source of the glass contamination.”

As a result, the scope of the recall was expanded, the USDA said. According to the agency, there have been no confirmed reports of injury due to consumption of the recalled products.