Stones in sweets, bugs in broccoli: Trader Joe's soup recalled

July 28, 2023
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The original Trader Joe’s grocery store is in Pasadena.

First, two kinds of Trader Joe’s cookies were recalled for the possible presence of rocks.

Now, a Trader Joe’s soup is being recalled for the possible presence of insects.

In a report posted online this week, the Food and Drug Administration said Pennsylvania-based Winter Gardens Quality Foods initiated a recall of 20-ounce containers of Trader Joe‘s Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup “because the product has insects in the frozen broccoli florets.”

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The recall affects nearly 11,000 cases of the product with multiple use-by dates between July 18 and Sept. 15.

The soup was distributed to California, Illinois, Texas, Washington, Pennsylvania and Connecticut.

In a statement Thursday, the store said no known health affects had been reported.

The recall was initiated by Winter Gardens on July 10, two weeks before Trader Joe’s announced a recall of its Almond Windmill and Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond cookies.

The recalled sweets were removed from the stores’ shelves and destroyed.

The Monrovia-based grocery store chain advised customers to either toss the products or return them for a full refund.

Source: Los Angeles Times