Food Safety at Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Safeway

[Anonymous]

Article claims food safety certifications are higher at major grocery stores like Krogers, while TJ uses less reliable certifications? Can you look these up? Is this even a legitimate oversight criteria or just different rubber stamps?

https://www.marketplace.org/2024/03/19/is-the-u-s-food-safety-system-really-all-that-safe/

Does Aldi have as many recalls as TJ? Moms? What about local mainstream like Giant/Safeway?

There have been a lot of weird recalls from TJ, with metal, rocks, plastic mixed in with food from cashew to dumplings. Not just usual salmonella/e. coli.

[Anonymous]

Aldi and TJ are under the same umbrella.

[Anonymous]

In short, no. The food safety system is very complicated and you would have to trace the checks at every step. In the lead applesauce case, for instance, the actual applesauce maker passed all checks. The issue was the machine that processed the cinnamon (not even the cinnamon itself, which also passed checks).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In short, no. The food safety system is very complicated and you would have to trace the checks at every step. In the lead applesauce case, for instance, the actual applesauce maker passed all checks. The issue was the machine that processed the cinnamon (not even the cinnamon itself, which also passed checks).

I thought the lead was added to cinnamon to add cheap bulk with right color

“ cinnamon and other spice suppliers may intentionally add lead chromate to enhance the color or increase the weight of the product.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/2024/03/15/lead-spices-cinnamon-contamination/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aldi and TJ are under the same umbrella.

Kinda

Aldi Nord owns TJ

Aldi Sud (completely separate company since a split decades ago when founder died) runs US Aldi stores.



So TJ and Aldi can have completely different suppliers and operations.