{"id":481513,"date":"2026-02-21T08:03:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:03:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481513\/"},"modified":"2026-02-21T08:03:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T08:03:16","slug":"portlands-ajinomoto-foods-north-america-recalls-trader-joes-frozen-chicken-fried-rice-that-may-contain-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/481513\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland\u2019s Ajinomoto Foods North America recalls Trader Joe\u2019s frozen chicken fried rice that may contain glass"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"JYIHRWIY2NHGRF3LO6E3EK4RKQ\">A Portland company is recalling a beloved frozen Trader Joe\u2019s product after some consumers reported finding glass in their dinner. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"2SXQPFKRDFFDNIN4LBUFGPJ5BY\">Ajinomoto Foods North America \u2014 a supplier based in Southeast Portland \u2014 just pulled more than 3 million pounds of frozen chicken fried rice due to potential glass contamination. The U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food Safety and Inspection Service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fsis.usda.gov\/recalls-alerts\/ajinomoto-foods-north-america-inc--recalls-chicken-fried-rice-products-due-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">announced<\/a> the recall Thursday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"H3Z44WHV3VAW7L2FMTSWNKYL7Q\">Affected items include 20-ounce plastic bags of Trader Joe\u2019s \u201cChicken Fried Rice with stir fried rice, vegetables, seasoned dark chicken meat and eggs.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"SPLFQMRWK5ANLPFHJSUU5JB4II\">Those bags were shipped to Trader Joe\u2019s locations nationwide, according to the recall, and include \u201cBest By\u201d dates of Sept. 8 through Nov. 17, 2026. <\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"low\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Trader Joe's fried rice recall\" class=\"article__image-content\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2WX23MPWEFEUJG7LGG6S3X7FUY.png\"  \/>Ajinomoto Foods North America recalled several million pounds of frozen fried rice, some of which was shipped to Trader Joe&#8217;s locations nationwide. Provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food Safety and Inspection Service<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"FF6WMLKXGFD63LOK4DM52Z4WX4\">The remaining product was labeled \u201cAjinomoto Yakitori Chicken with Japanese-style Fried Rice\u201d and shipped only to Canada. Items were in 1.53-kilogram cardboard packages containing six bags of frozen rice and printed with \u201cBest Before\u201d dates of Sept. 9 through Nov. 12, 2026. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"MPIZHEMBD5DCVJ5JWTYRJMYHH4\">The recall was initiated after four customers reported finding glass in the product, according to the notice. No confirmed injuries have been reported. <\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph article__paragraph--left\" id=\"VU3LN4NQDVGDJAQ6BKMJD2CT2Q\">Consumers should not eat the product and either throw it away or return it to its place of purchase for a full refund. Those with questions can contact Ajinomoto Foods North America at (855) 742-5011 or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/retail\/2026\/02\/mailto:customercare@ajinomotofoods.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">customercare@ajinomotofoods.com<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Portland company is recalling a beloved frozen Trader Joe\u2019s product after some consumers reported finding glass in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[26096,28,522,222030,50249,10471,111478,35295,2402,19857,222031,24244],"class_list":["post-481513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-building","tag-business","tag-commerce","tag-corporate-logo","tag-corporation","tag-customers","tag-exterior","tag-holiday","tag-inflation","tag-purchase","tag-purchasing","tag-shop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}