Food Safety Reports: Trader Joe's, North Lincoln Avenue, North Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Oat Milk Illness Mystery
11 months ago •reported by user-bbbqr358 • details
My fiancée bought the Trader Joe’s oat milk the other week. I’ve been getting sick on and off since then after having my morning coffee with the oat milk. Nauseous, diarrhea, cramping, chills, gnawing stomach pain. I didn’t realize it was the oat milk until today!!! We…
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Regulatory Report
Trader Joe's, 3745 N Lincoln Ave, Chicago, Il, USA
1 year ago •source chicago.gov • details
Report date: Jun 18, 2025
49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: observed build-up of ice along floors, ceiling, and near fans in the rear storage area walk-in freezer. Instructed to clean nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment at adequate frequency to prevent build up of ice or other…
49. Non-food/food contact surfaces clean
- comments: observed build-up of ice along floors, ceiling, and near fans in the rear storage area walk-in freezer. Instructed to clean nonfood-contact surfaces of equipment at adequate frequency to prevent build up of ice or other…
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Frozen Meal Illness Symptoms
2 years ago •reported by user-xkkb8471 • details
Nausea, vomiting, heartburn sleeplessness. Frozen Butter Chicken and Rice.
| Symptoms: Nausea, Vomiting, Heartburn, Fatigue
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Trader Joe’s Veggie Rice Illness
2 years ago •reported by user-tjcc5948 • details
Their veggie fried rice
| Symptoms: Nausea, Diarrhea, Vomiting
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Avocado Causes Digestive Distress
5 years ago •reported by user-pvpxp521 • details
I had some avocado in a lunch salad. In the afternoon I belched acid. Around 9 pm I had explosive diarrhea
| Symptoms: Diarrhea, Other, Burping
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Spinach Salad Causes Illness
7 years ago •reported by user-vdgc8967 • details
Bought a super spinach salad from TJ on Sunday 1/27 then ate it for dinner on 1/28. I woke up around 1am with nausea, chills, and diarrhea. My partner and I generally eat the same foods but he did not eat the salad and is fine. Still feeling bad now but the worse symptoms have lessened.
| Symptoms: Diarrhea, Nausea, Chills
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Frozen Rice Causes Illness
7 years ago •reported by user-kdfpv163 • details
Ate Trader Joe’s frozen Japanese Style Fried Rice and started to feel bloated and nauseous within a few hours. About 5 hour later I was dizzy and nauseous and unable to function and, just a few hours after that, I vomited more intensely than I think I…
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Trader Joe's, North Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA
8 years ago •reported by user-kvgjt617 • details
| Symptoms: Diarrhea, Nausea, Vomiting
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Frozen Gyoza Gone Bad
8 years ago •reported by user-bydd9152 • details
Purchased today, frozen solid. Got home, cooked according to directions - I’ve had these before - and had three gyoza. Woke up almost 12 hours later with extreme diarrhea. Checked food eaten. Bag of gyoza stank to high heaven, likely as my freezer isn’t as cold as…
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