{"id":474840,"date":"2026-10-23T21:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474840\/"},"modified":"2026-10-23T21:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:42:10","slug":"natural-grocers-recalls-mung-beans-sold-in-texas-over-glass-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/474840\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Grocers recalls mung beans sold in Texas over glass concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"

Natural Grocers is recalling its 2-pound organic mung beans in 23 states after customers reported finding sharp glass fragments in the product, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. <\/a><\/p>\n

Vitamin Cottage Natural Food Markets, Inc. of Colorado initiated the recall because of the potential glass contamination.<\/p>\n

No illnesses or injuries have been reported. Ingesting glass fragments can cause damage to the teeth, lacerations to the mouth and throat or perforation of the intestine, according to the FDA report published Oct. 22.<\/p>\n

The beans were distributed to Texas and other states, including Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, South Dakota,\u00a0Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Consumers who bought the affected product should stop using it and either dispose of it or return it for a full refund or credit. <\/p>\n

The recalled beans were packaged in 2-pound clear plastic bags with\u00a0UPC 000080112600.<\/p>\n

Mung beans are a type of legume and a popular ingredient in many Asian cuisines in soups, curries and desserts, according to Harvard Health<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage is a specialty grocery retailer focused on organic and natural products, according to its website.<\/p>\n

The recall is the latest of several that cited glass contamination. On Oct. 16, Gearharts Fine Chocolates, Inc. recalled 4,703 individual candies <\/a>after broken glass was found in a finished piece.<\/p>\n

Natural Grocers did not immediately respond to a request for a statement.<\/p>\n

In March, millions of pounds of frozen fried rice and meals <\/a>sold at Trader Joe’s and\u00a0Kroger were recalled over possible glass contamination. In July,\u00a0 Pillsbury<\/a> recalled frozen bread dough used in Walmart bakeries over possible glass contamination,\u00a0and\u00a0Dreyer’s Grand Ice Cream pulled packs of Outshine Fruit Bars <\/a>from freezers nationwide due to potential glass contamination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Natural Grocers is recalling its 2-pound organic mung beans in 23 states after customers reported finding sharp glass…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":474841,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[160913,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-474840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-alertable-txrecall-hc","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474840","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=474840"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/474840\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/474841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=474840"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=474840"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=474840"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}