Trader Joe鈥檚 recall: Suspect frozen chicken affects 14 states
Supermarket chain Trader Joe鈥檚 is recalling boxes of a frozen chicken dinner due to possible contamination with listeria.
The product, Trader Joe鈥檚 Butter Chicken with Basmanti Rice, was sold to stores in 14 eastern US states and the Washington, D.C. area.
"All code dates of this product have been removed from sale and destroyed," Trader Joe's told customers via on its website. "To date, we have received no reports of illness related to this product.鈥�
The recall is being conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and Alberta Canada-based Aliya Foods LTD., the distributor for the affected product. All the affected product was shipped to the United States, the Canadian agency says. The US Department of Agriculture鈥檚 Food Safety and Inspection Service posted an alert on its website on Friday, Nov. 30.
The affected meals were produced on Oct. 31 of this year. The date on the box reads 鈥�305 12鈥� 鈥� a Julian calendar date coding, according to Trader Joe鈥檚.
The recall involves Trader Joe鈥檚 locations in the following states: Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Customers who have purchased the product should not eat it; throw it away, or return it to any Trader Joe鈥檚 for a full refund.
Customers with questions should call Trader Joe's at聽626-599-3817.
In a separate Trader Joe鈥檚 recall, the Centers for Disease Control announced that a salmonella outbreak first linked to a Trader Joe鈥檚 peanut butter variety finally appears to be over.
Throughout the fall, health officials were working to contain the effects of a salmonella contamination at the Sunland, Inc. nut processing facility, which supplied nut butters and other nut based products to major grocery chain nationwide. The problem started with a recall of Trader Joe鈥檚 Creamy Valencia salted peanut butter and expanded to include hundreds of products distributed through Sunland鈥檚 facility in Portales, N.M.聽 Authorities linked 42 illnesses in 20 states to the salmonella outbreak at Sunland . The Food and Drug Administration shut down the Sunland facility last week.
