Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc. Recalls Chicken Fried Rice Products Due to Possible Foreign Matter Contamination
- Date
- Feb 19, 2026
- Company
- Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc.
- Product
- 1.53-kg. cardboard packages containing 6 bags of frozen “AJINOMOTO YAKITORI CHICKEN WITH JAPANESE-STYLE FRIED RICE” with BEST BEFORE/MEILLEUR AVANT dates 26 SE 09 through 26 NO 12.; 20-oz. (1 lb. 4 oz.) plastic bag packages containing frozen “TRADER JOE’S Chicken Fried Rice with stir fried rice, vegetables, seasoned dark chicken meat and eggs” with BEST BY dates 9/8/2026 through 11/17/2026.
- Reason
- Product Contamination
- Hazard
- Foreign material
- Source
- USDA FSIS
Stores named in the notice
- Trader Joe's: “…6 NO 12. 20-oz. (1 lb. 4 oz.) plastic bag packages containing frozen “TRADER JOE'S Chicken Fried Rice with stir fried rice, vegetables, seasoned dark ch…”
How to identify the product
- Editor’s Note: Mar. 9, 2026 – The product list in the expanded recall (See Recall 005-2026-EXP ) was updated to reflect that products with the listed lot numbers, regardless of best-by date, are subject to the recall.
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- The products subject to recall bear establishment number P-18356 inside the USDA mark of inspection.
- The Trader Joe’s item was shipped to Trader Joe’s retail locations nationwide.
Facts are taken from the official notice. If anything here differs from it, the official notice is correct.