Thousands of bags of rice believed to be contaminated by rodents have been recalled.
California-based Wehah Farms has recalled 4,600 boxes of its Lundberg Family Farms Sustainable Wild Blend gourmet rice because the product “may contain foreign objects that appear to be of rodent origin.”
Each box contains six one-pound bags, meaning more than 27,000 bags were affected by the recall.
The FDA compliance report does not mention what this foreign object might be.
This rice was sold in grocery stores in seven states, including Arizona, California, Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wisconsin.
Pictured: The bag of recalled rice produced by Wehah Farms, which operates under the trade name Lundberg Family Farms
This is what wild rice looks like. It is a mix of black, brown, red and wild rice.
The recalled bags cost $5.99 and contained a mix of black, brown, red and wild rice, according to the company’s website.
The lot number of these bags of rice is 231004, with an expiration date of October 4, 2024.
Anyone who has a product matching this description is advised to discard it.
The recall was first initiated by Wehah Farms on May 10, 2024, but the FDA upgraded the contamination risk to Class II on Wednesday, July 17.
A Class II recall means that if a person is exposed to the product in question, they could suffer “temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences,” according to the FDA.
The risk of serious health consequences is “remote.”
A Class III recall is the least serious, but a Class I recall is issued when there is a “reasonable probability” that use of the violative product may cause serious health problems or even death.
The 4- and 25-pound bags of the same wild rice were not affected by this recall, and many Lundberg Family Farms products are still available in stores.
The most recent food recall came just days ago when AW Farms, a Kentucky-based company, had to pull thousands of pounds of hot dogs from store shelves after skipping a key federal inspection.
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