BALTIMORE, MD—Trader Joe’s is recalling about 653,000 Mango Tangerine Scented Candles as the candle flame can spread from the wick to the wax causing a larger than expected flame, posing a fire hazard. This recall involves Trader Joe’s Mango Tangerine Scented Candles with SKU 56879. The candles are white colored wax with a cotton wick in a tin container. The […]
BALTIMORE, MD—A multi-state outbreak of Salmonella infections has been linked to organic basil packaged in 2.5-oz clamshell containers sold at Trader Joe’s stores. The CDC says 12 people from seven states have been infected, with seven of eight cases reporting exposure to fresh organic basil purchased from Trader Joe’s before becoming ill. The products came from Miami, Florida-based Infinite Herbs, […]
WASHINGTON—CJ Foods is recalling approximately 61,839 pounds of steamed chicken soup dumpling products sold at Trader Joe’s that may be contaminated hard plastic from a permanent marker pen, the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has announced. The steamed chicken soup dumplings were produced on Dec. 7, 2023. The following products are subject to recall [view labels (PDF)]: 6-oz. boxes […]
WASHINGTON—The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service is issuing a public health alert due to concerns of a frozen ready-to-eat chicken pilaf product that may be contaminated with foreign material, specifically rocks. FSIS is issuing this public health alert to ensure that consumers are aware that this product should not be consumed. A recall was not requested because the product […]
MIDDLE RIVER, MD—Senator J.B. Jennings, Delegate Kathy Szeliga, and Delegate Ryan Nawrocki have added their support to Councilman David Marks’ call for a high-end grocer in Middle River. The four legislators who represent Middle River have lent their strong support to the campaign to bring a high-end supermarket to the Greenleigh community. The online petition asking for Trader Joe’s to […]
UPDATE: Several other elected officials have added their support. Original story below… MIDDLE RIVER, MD—The Middle River community wants a Trader Joe’s, and an online petition that was created to underscore that desire has amassed over 2,400 signatures. “As residents of the Greenleigh community in Middle River, MD, we face a daily struggle. Our community is in desperate need of […]
MINNEAPOLIS, MN—SunOpta Inc’s subsidiary, Sunrise Growers Inc., has issued a voluntary recall of specific frozen fruit products linked to pineapple provided by a third-party supplier due to the potential for these products to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria monocytogenes is an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others […]
TOWSON, MD—A Towson man has pled guilty to killing a man in a Trader Joe’s parking lot last year. Kevin Sharp, 22, on Monday pled guilty to first-degree murder in the Circuit Court for Baltimore County for the killing of Barry Ransom. On October 25, 2021, Baltimore County Police Department officers responded to a report of a shooting that had […]