Ready-to-eat pizza and bread products sold at several major stores in 10 states were recalled due to a possible contamination of metal fragments, according to the the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Bakkavor, a food manufacturer in Charlotte, North Carolina, initiated the voluntary recall on January 19, which was reclassified as a Class II on March 23, a designation given to products that could cause “temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences.” The recall was based on slow-roasted tomatoes used in the products, which includes 25,000 affected in total sold by HelloFresh, Trader Joe's, Harris Teeter and Meijer.

The products were sold in stores located in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Michigan, North Carolina, New Jersey, Texas, and Virginia, as well as through HelloFresh's delivery service. The products include pizza and focaccia bread with use-by dates between April 27 and October 15 and include the following:

Hello Fresh Basil Pesto and Mozzarella Pizza
Frederik's by Meijer Slow Roasted Tomato & Parm Focaccia
Fresh & Simple Roasted Tomato Parmesan Focaccia
Harris Teeter Traders Roasted Tomato Parmesan Focaccia
Trader Joe's Focaccia Bread, Roasted Tomato & Parm

The recall followed another involving nearly 10 million various frozen food items. Ajinomoto Foods North America Inc. recalled approximately 9,885,240 pounds of Trader Joe's Vegetable Fried Rice, which is reported to potentially have shards of glass ranging from 1 to 3 cm long and 2 to 4 mm wide.

The affected items have best-buy dates ranging from February 28, 2026, to November 19, 2026, and were sold in stores located in 43 states, while Hawaii, Maine, New Mexico, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Iowa were unaffected. Ajinomoto Foods North America, Inc., initially recalled approximately 3,370,530 pounds of frozen not ready-to-eat chicken fried rice products that potentially contained foreign material, specifically glass, on February 19.

The recall was later expanded to include 33,617,045 additional pounds various ready-to-eat and not ready-to-eat products for a combined total of nearly 37 million pounds of various ready-to-eat items, which also affected items sold under 16 other popular brand names such as Kroger, Ling Ling and Tai Pei and sold at Kroger, Aldi, Whole Foods, Costco and Ralphs.

Robbyn Hart