If you have Lundberg Family Farms Regenerative Organic Certified White Jasmine Rice at home, do not decide whether it is included based only on the brand, rice type or store where it was purchased. The available 2026 recall information identifies specific two-pound packages by UPC, lot code and best-before date. Compare all of those details with your bag before taking the next step.
The reported recall covers packages distributed in 13 states: California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Louisiana, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin. The Independent reported that the product was sold through retailers including Wegmans, Target, Walmart, Giant and Whole Foods, but a store name by itself does not establish that a package is affected.
How to check whether your rice matches
Use the printing on the package rather than the product category. The available reports identify the recalled item as Lundberg Family Farms Regenerative Organic Certified White Jasmine Rice in a 32-ounce, or two-pound, package. The reported identifiers are:
- UPC: 073416-040281
- Lot code: 260201MA or 260202MA
- Best-before date: February 1, 2027, or February 2, 2027
A package should not be treated as confirmed recalled unless its identifying details match the official notice. Conversely, if your package has a different UPC, lot code or best-before date, the evidence supplied here cannot confirm that it is included or excluded from the official recall. An ingredient check, visual inspection or comparison with another Lundberg product is not a substitute for the exact identifiers.
What is known about the recall
The reports describe a potential foreign-material concern. They do not identify what the foreign material was. That missing detail matters because the available evidence cannot establish whether the concern involved packaging, production equipment or another source. Readers should not infer the cause from the rice’s appearance or from the absence of anything unusual in a package.
Yahoo News reported that the FDA classified the recall as Class II. The FDA describes recalls through its public recalls, market withdrawals and safety-alert system, but the supplied evidence includes the agency’s general recall listing rather than the specific rice notice. In the FDA’s classification system, the report says Class II indicates a situation that may cause temporary or medically reversible health consequences, while serious health effects are considered unlikely. That classification is not a finding that every matching package will cause harm.
The Independent reported that Lundberg Family Farms said the affected product had been removed from store shelves several months earlier, that the incident was isolated to a single production run and that no illnesses had been reported from consumption of the affected product. Those statements are attributed to the company; they are not independent testing results or proof that an individual package is safe.
What to do if the identifiers match
The evidence pack does not reproduce the specific FDA notice’s consumer-action instructions. For that reason, this article does not add a return, discard, refund or medical instruction that is not shown in the supplied records. If your package matches the UPC, lot code and best-before date above, check the specific FDA recall notice or the manufacturer’s recall communication for the official action. Follow that instruction exactly.
The supplied FDA page is the agency’s recalls, market withdrawals and safety-alert database. It explains that the list contains information about certain FDA-regulated product actions and that not every recall has a press release or appears on that page. It also says recall records may be archived after three years. Because the evidence pack does not contain the direct rice notice, readers should verify the current notice using the product name and company name rather than relying on a general search result or an article summary.
Why the identifiers matter
This is a narrow product recall, not a recall of the entire Lundberg Family Farms line. The reported scope is tied to specific packages from a production run. That distinction prevents two common errors: treating every bag from the brand as affected, or treating a different product as included because it is also white rice.
The strongest decision rule is therefore a three-part match: product description, UPC, and lot code or best-before date. Distribution information can help explain where the product may have been sold, but it cannot replace the package identifiers. If one of the key details is unreadable, the available evidence cannot confirm the status of that item; the official notice or the manufacturer is the appropriate place to resolve the uncertainty.
What remains unanswered
The supplied reports leave several details open. They do not identify the foreign material, reproduce the specific FDA notice’s complete action language or establish a refund process. They also do not provide evidence that every listed retailer carried every affected lot. Those gaps do not negate the reported recall, but they limit what can responsibly be concluded about an individual package.
The practical next step is verification, not guesswork: compare the complete package identifiers with the official FDA or manufacturer notice, then use only the action instructions published there. Until the identifiers and official instructions are confirmed, the available evidence cannot determine whether a particular bag is affected or what remedy applies.
The durable reader question is not whether all Lundberg rice is recalled, but whether one specific bag matches the reported identifiers. Two independent reports describe a 2026 FDA update involving 32-ounce Lundberg Regenerative Organic Certified White Jasmine Rice packages with UPC 073416-040281, two listed lot codes and two best-before dates. The evidence supports a narrow identifier-based check across 13 states. It does not establish the foreign material's identity, a refund process or the exact consumer-action language from the specific FDA notice, so those points require direct verification before being stated as settled.
Sources and methodology
- FDA Sounds Alarm: Rice Recall Widens Across 13 States - https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/fda-expands-lundberg-rice-recall-121307268.html
- Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts - https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts
- Check your cabinets: White rice recalled in 13 states - https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/white-rice-recall-lundberg-family-farms-13-states-b3041778.html
- FDA Recalls February 5 - 17, 2026 - https://www.tldsystems.com/fda-recalls-february-5-17-2026
