What is with Trader Joe’s and its many recalls recently?
If you get your groceries from Trader Joe’s, you’ll want to read this article. Early this March, the chain store announced a chicken soup dumpling recall because the food items were potentially contaminated with plastic fragments from permanent makers.
It’s definitely not the first time something like this has occurred, and not even the first time it’s occurred this year. In early February, the same chain of grocery stores pulled out of the market frozen pilaf meal due to the possible presence of foreign material (the word on the street was that it was rocks). And in the summer 2023, it announced recalls for falafel, broccoli-cheddar soup, crackers, and cookies due to the possibility they contained metal, rocks, or insects.
According to food safety experts, this is very problematic for the company, and it’s also a concerning reminder for consumers about the limitations of mechanisms to make sure our food supply doesn’t cause disease.
