Past rice recalls 55,000 Pounds in 12 States: Heavy clay and silt loam soils
On August 25, the FDA reveals that the rice was sold in 27,324 packages of 32-ounces each—totaling 54,648 pounds of rice recalled.
Past rice recalls—like the recent one on Ben’s Original for “possible presence of stones”—have seemed to reveal that at times, the farming and production conditions may allow for pebbles or sediment from the paddy to remain in the product. After all, the USA Rice Federation describes rice’s ideal growing conditions as being in “heavy clay and silt loam soils that are often ill-suited to other crops.”
An update today from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) helps illuminate more background on an April 2026 rice recall that impacted a product from Lundberg Family Farms. The consumer brand’s Jasmine white rice may have been affected by similar occurrences, as the recalling reason is “Potential contamination with foreign materials.”
States where the recalled product had been distributed are now listed as California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, North Carolina, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin.
The expiration dates listed are February 1 and February 2 of 2027. Consumers who were not aware of the earlier recall announcements may still have affected product on hand.
This news follows the May 7 Class II recall classification. This meant the FDA determined the event to be “a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.”
