Trader Joe's issues yet another food recall over health issues, here are the affected products

Product recalls are a great indication that the food quality and inspection protocols that are in place for protecting consumer interests are working robustly. Just this week, health authorities have recalled frozen vegetables over listeria contamination, pastry products over choking hazard, and a recall has also been issued on chocolate pastry over mould.

However, it is quite rare and extremely worrying to have a slew of product recalls from the same company over a very short period of time. As reported by Delish, Trader Joe's has just issued its 6th product recall over a period of just 5 weeks, and shoppers are both worried and confused as to what's happening with the popular store.

The products that have been recalled by Trader Joe

The latest Trader Joe's items to join the recall list is: Texas Tamale Company's Gourmet Black Bean Tamales. These tamales are being recalled as they 'may contain undeclared milk.'

This product has been sold only in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Texas. Trader Joe has urged those who brought the products to return them to the store immediately for a full refund.

Earlier, on August 17, Trader Joe had recalled Multigrain Crackers with Sunflower and Flax Seeds.The reason is that the crackers 'may contain metal.'

The products recalled by Trader Joe's in the last few weeks are as follows:

• Fully Cooked Falafel, for containing potential foreign material-rocks
• Almond Windmill Cookies and Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies, for possibly containing rocks
• Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup, for possibly containing insects.

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People's reaction to the recalls

Shopper are getting a tad fed up with the constant recalls, and the annoyance has now definitely transformed to deep concern about Trader Joe's quality. One comment on X highlights what happened in the past couple of weeks saying,

Rocks in the falafel. Insects in the broccoli. Now we're on to metal in the multigrain crackers -- the fifth Trader Joe's recall in less than a month. What's going on over there

Another shopper had this to say on X,

The quality of their food has consistently gone down. I knoww ppl love them. But Joe doesn't seem to love y'all back loll. Food is just overly complicated in the US. Ain't no easy way around it.

People have already been fed up with how supermarkets and the food industry seems to be becoming more and more unreliable. As one consumer on Xwrites,

I don't trust Aldi's and who knows where their food came from. And I certainly stay away from Trader Joe's-- they've had more food recalls in the last few years than any store.

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Sources used:

Delish: 'Trader Joe's Just Recalled Its 6th Product In 5 Weeks'

Trader Joe's: 'Announcements'