Ajimoto Foods North America Inc. recalled a massive 9,885,240 pounds of Trader Joe’s Vegetable Fried Rice after slivers of glass were found in the one-pound meals, according to the FDA advisory.

The shards ranged from 1 to 3 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.

Nearly 10 million pounds of Trader Joe’s Vegetable Fried Rice has been tacked onto a nationwide food recall. Trader Joe’s

Customers enter a Trader Joe’s in Midtown Manhattan. Robert Miller

Per the notice, the affected items had best-buy dates ranging from Feb. 28, 2026, to Nov. 19, 2026, and were sold in 43 states.

The seven states unaffected by the recall were Hawaii, Maine, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Iowa.

The measure was the expansion of a preexisting recall that was issued on Feb. 19 and later expanded on March 3, per an FDA advisory.

Trader Joe’s Chicken Fried Rice and other items are on the recall list. Trader Joe’s

Affected items included Trader Joe’s Chicken Shu Mai – chicken and veggie dumplings with soy sauce — and Trader Joe’s Chicken Fried Rice with stir-fried rice, veggies, eggs and seasoned dark meat chicken.

They had best-buy dates ranging between Feb. 28, 2026, and Aug. 19, 2027.

According to the recall notice, an investigation revealed that a “vegetable source ingredient, specifically carrots, was the likely source of the glass contamination.”

All told, nearly 37 million pounds of various ready-to-eat items were recalled in the food retraction, which affected 16 brands under popular brand names such as Kroger and Tai Pei.

However, health authorities cautioned that tainted items could still be lurking inside customers’ freezers.

The full list of products can be found here.

Thankfully, there have been no injuries associated with the contamination, per the FDA, which urged anyone concerned about an injury to report to a “healthcare provider.”

They also advised impacted customers to refrain from consuming the products and to throw them away or return them to their place of purchase.

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San Antonio-based H-E-B was ranked the No. 1 grocery retailer in the US for the fifth time in nine years, according to Dunnhumby’s latest annual ranking of grocery stores.

The family-owned company, which was founded in 1905 and operates more than 440 stores, is “firmly entrenched as the top retailer due to its superior ability to deliver a combination of better savings, quality, experience, and assortment,” the study found.

Massachusetts-based Market Basket ranked second, followed by Wisconsin-based Woodman’s in third.

“For the first time, the leading three retailers in the United States are all regional chains,” Dunnhumby noted.

Costco was ranked No. 4, followed by Aldi, WinCo Foods, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Wegmans and ShopRite rounding out the top 10.

Amazon, which topped the rankings in 2021 and 2022, slipped two spots this year, while Sam’s Club dropped six places.

The family-owned company was founded in 1905 and operates more than 440 stores. Ron – stock.adobe.com

The study evaluated 81 major US grocery stores, combining financial performance with survey responses from more than 11,000 American shoppers.

Participants were asked about pricing, quality, convenience, operations and online ordering.

The rankings come as consumers face mounting financial pressure.

Costco was ranked No. 4, followed by Aldi, WinCo Foods, Trader Joe’s, Amazon, Wegmans and ShopRite rounding out the top 10. Christopher Sadowski

Shopper confidence declined last year amid concerns over rising prices, limited job opportunities and stagnant wages, according to Matt O’Grady, president of the Americas for Dunnhumby.

“Consumers across all income levels are feeling the squeeze and making more price-conscious choices,” O’Grady said in a statement.

“In this environment, building trust with American shoppers has never been more critical.”

The study evaluated 81 major US grocery stores. Christopher Sadowski

Overall food prices were up 0.7% in December and 3.1% from a year ago, according to the December consumer price index (CPI).

The all-items CPI index showed inflation pushed prices 0.3% higher last month and 2.7% on an annual basis.

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A new Trader Joe’s opened in Los Angeles directly across the street from one of the grocery giant’s oldest stores, but the company says it will keep both operating in spite of the confounding redundancy that left many customers scratching their heads.

The veteran Sherman Oaks store and its successor, cheekily dubbed “Sherman Oaks too” on the Trader Joe’s website, dominate the corners of Riverside Drive just a couple of minutes off the bustling US Highway 101 in the San Fernando Valley.

Trader Joe’s opened up a location in Los Angeles directly across the street from an older version of the store. Google Maps

The original store opened in 1973, just six years after Trader Joe’s was founded at the flagship Pasadena location. It’s quaint with a teeny parking lot compared to its newer sibling right across the street, which opened earlier this month.

Conversely, the new, flashy TJ’s sprawling on the corner across the street took over a mixed-use residential building with ever-reliable customers practically built into the store.

Customers were flabbergasted and struggled to understand the reasoning behind placing two stores so close on social media. Storyful

Still, the stores are just a minute apart — or less for daring jaywalkers.

“We’ve had a great relationship with our customers in Sherman Oaks for 52 years, and we plan to keep both stores open. Both stores offer the same great products and delightful customer experience, but each has a different layout and parking lot,” Trader Joe’s spokesperson Nakia Rohde wrote in an email to SFGATE.

Even with much of the same unique options Trader Joe’s is known for, the new location boasts some extra assets that could blow the beloved veteran outpost out of the water.

There are 10 Trader Joe’s in Manhattan alone. Robert Miller

“Sherman Oaks too” includes all the modern-day makings of any bougie market, complete with a mural perfect for social media, sprawling underground parking to compensate for the elder store’s minimart lot and larger sections filling every available part of the sprawling location.

And, to better accommodate shopping cart traffic, it even has wider aisles and higher ceilings, SFGATE reported in their walkthrough of the second location.

The “Sherman Oaks too” is one of 12 stores Trader Joe’s is opening across the country this year, including a second location on Staten Island.

“Since Trader Joe’s began in 1967, we have been in growth mode. Some years, we grow more than others, and our goal is always to bring delicious products at great values to as many people as we can. The best way to do that is to open more stores,” Rohde wrote.

Unlike in Los Angeles, there isn’t room at Staten Island’s Richmond Avenue location for another Trader Joe’s to be installed directly across the street.

The Post reached out to Trader Joe’s for comment.

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The beloved grocery store chain announced the recall on Feb. 14.

In a statement on its website, Trader Joe’s advised customers to dispose of any Trader Joe’s Organic Acai Bowls, regardless of UPC code or best-by dates.

“Out of an abundance of caution, please discard any Trader Joe’s Organic Acai Bowls, as the product may contain foreign material (plastic), or return them to your neighborhood Trader Joe’s store for a full refund,” the company said.

The supermarket chain did not disclose any reported injuries or how many product units were impacted.

Trader Joe’s has recalled products over plastic contamination in the past.

Last year, the chain’s Steamed Chicken Soup Dumplings were recalled over fears that it contained hard plastic from a permanent marker pen, impacting 61,839 pounds of the frozen soup dumplings.

Trader Joe’s also recalled 653,000 of its mango tangerine scented candles last August.

The company said, “Out of an abundance of caution, please discard any Trader Joe’s Organic Acai Bowls, as the product may contain foreign material (plastic), or return them to your neighborhood Trader Joe’s store for a full refund.”

At the time, the grocery store said that when the candle flame was lit, it could “spread from the wick to the wax, causing a larger than expected flame, posing a fire hazard.”

“If you purchased the Mango Tangerine Scented Candle, please do not use it,” Trader Joe’s said in its recall announcement.

“We urge you to discard the product or return it to any Trader Joe’s for a full refund.”

Customers with questions about the latest recall are urged to contact Trader Joe’s Customer Relations at (626) 599-3817.

FOX Business reached out to Trader Joe’s for additional comment.

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