Trader Joe’s issues 6th product recall in just 2 months

Trader Joe’s has issued its sixth product recall in just two months.

The quirky grocery chain said its Texas Tamale Company Gourmet Black Bean Tamales may contain undeclared milk.

The Food and Drug Administration said the recall was “prompted by a consumer complaint that the items containing milk allergens were disseminated in packaging that failed to disclose the presence of milk.”

The company added that no illnesses had been reported and all of the potentially affected tamales had already been removed from store shelves. Customers who purchased the item were advised to not eat them and instead throw them away or return them at a store for a full refund.

Customers can also call the Trader Joe’s customer relations hotline at 626-599-3817 or email the company through its website.

The affected tamales have a best-by date of June 19, 2025 and were sold in Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.

In late July, Trader Joe’s recalled three items over “potential foreign material” — including rocks and insects.

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Some packages of Almond Windmill Cookies, Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies and Fully Cooked Falafel were found to contain rocks, while some of their Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup may have contained unspecified insects.

“We pulled the product from our shelves as soon as we were made aware of the issue,” a company spokesperson said in a statement after the soup recall. “Once we understood the issue, we notified our customers.”

Those products were sold in 35 stores, including ones in New York and New Jersey.

The store’s Multigrain Crackers with Sunflower and Flax Seeds were recalled for potentially containing metal earlier this month.

Trader Joe’s characterized the timing of the recalls as “coincidental.”

“We have a close relationship with our vendors,” the statement said. “We will never leave to chance the safety of the products we offer.”

The chain had a string of recalls over short period of time in 2019 when 10 items sold in 30 states were recalled over possible listeria contamination.