Cheese and products containing a certain type of cheese
A sweeping recall of cheese and other dairy products linked to a deadly listeria outbreak also took place recently. Several types and brands of cheese, including cotija and queso fresco, sold at popular retailers, including Trader Joe’s, have been pulled off the market since February. The products were sold nationwide, with several recalled food products sold at stores in Illinois.
Certain products containing this cotija cheese were also removed from the market, and the ones sold in Trader Joe’s stores are the following: Trader Joe’s Cilantro Salad Dressing, Trader Joe’s Chicken Enchiladas Verde, Trader Joe’s Elote Chopped Salad Kit, and Trader Joe’s Southwest Salad.
To date, no illnesses have been reported linked to these food items. If you bought any of these, please discard them or return them to any Trader Joe’s store, and you’ll receive a full refund. Containers and surfaces that came in contact with the contaminated products should be sanitized, as listeria can survive at refrigeration temperatures and spread.
Listeria is most likely to affect people 65 and older, pregnant women and newborns, and those with weakened immune systems. Infection symptoms usually start within two weeks of consuming contaminated food and include nausea, muscle aches, fever, diarrhea, vomiting, and tiredness. More serious cases may also include a stiff neck, confusion, convulsions, headaches, and loss of balance.
5 thoughts on “Trader Joe’s Is Recalling Popular Food Items—Make Sure You Don’t Eat Them”
I’m not able to shop at Trader Joe’s. The nearest location is an hour drive time. I absolutely loved it when I lived in California, Florida is a little challenging even for the nostalgia value💕
However, I am curious about any updates on the Items mentioned in this article. The latest recalls were almost a year ago. Any idea of the results from those recalls? Have substitutions been offered?
Although many have started following simple recipes for everyday dishes, there are many fans of Trader Joe’s that find their assortment of food, produce and seafood without comparing.
The difference is when aware of the problem, Trader Joe , takes that merchandise off the market while the food stores in USA are going to sell the remain stock of it still in store and never advises the clients of it’s dangerous consequences. TJ does it the way it is done in Europe!!!
Good reason to Not shop there!
Our problem is the jumbo eggs. It is at least 5 weeks that all the jumbo eggs (which we prefer) have had double yolks increasing the cholesterol greatly) I can remove 1 yolk which is a nusence and a great waste.
We are now paying a very high price for this luxury and prefer buying from Trader Joe, as far as I know in our area there is only 1 other store that caries jumbo and prefer Trader Joe. We are wasting a lot of product and money.
The eggs can be candeled or looked at in some way to avoid this problem (a very old way) I assume they’re is new technology today.
Would appreciate the company investigate my problems double yolks add a lot of cholesterol.
Trader Joe’s appears to be repeatedly shooting itself in the foot. It also appears that the “foreign matter” found in the food is very specific and even intentionally placed there. It reminds me of the wave of food poisoning that swept through Chipotle a few years back. And of course, of the very worst case scenario, the 1982 Tylenol poisonings in Illinois. People need to stop buying prepackaged ANYTHING.