Food recall

MARS FOODS US recall: Ben's Original Ready Rice Long Grain & Wild

MARS FOODS US, of Chicago, IL, recalled Ben's Original Ready Rice Long Grain & Wild and 2 other products. The FDA's reason: “Possible presence of stones in product.” The FDA classified it Class II: it could cause temporary or minor harm. The company began the recall voluntarily on September 12, 2025, and the FDA first listed it in its Enforcement Report of October 29, 2025. The FDA has closed the recall: it found the company did all it reasonably could to remove or correct the product.

How serious

Class II

It could cause temporary or minor harm

Why

Metal, plastic, glass or other objects

Status

Terminated

Closed April 14, 2026

The recall

Company
MARS FOODS US (Chicago, IL)
Reason, in FDA's words
“Possible presence of stones in product”
Where it was sold
WI, TX, MI, IL, NC, GA, LA, CA, NJ
Recall began
, by the company
FDA classified it
First in an FDA Enforcement Report
FDA event number
97741

The 3 products recalled

As the FDA describes them, with the codes that tell whether a package is part of the recall.

  • H-0096-2026 Class II

    Ben's Original Ready Rice Long Grain & Wild, 8.8oz., UPC 0 54800 42331 6. 12 retail units per wholesale case

    Codes: 533BMGRV22 533CLGRV22 533CMGRV22

    Quantity: 1075 cases

  • H-0097-2026 Class II

    Ben's Original Ready Rice Original Long Grain White, 8.8oz., UPC 0 54800 42333 0. 12 retail units per wholesale case

    Codes: 533ELGRV22 534ALGRV22

    Quantity: 273 cases

  • H-0098-2026 Class II

    Ben's Original Ready Rice Whole Grain Brown, 8.8oz., UPC 0 54800 42334 7. 12 retail units per wholesale case.

    Codes: 534AMGRV22 534BMGRV22 534DMGRV22

    Quantity: 315 cases

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Source and notes

U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Enforcement Reports (openFDA food recall data) (Public domain (U.S. government work); source U.S. Food and Drug Administration, openFDA), data as of October 29, 2025.

Each week the FDA lists the recalls it has classified in its Enforcement Report, often weeks after the company announced the recall, so a month with five weekly reports tends to count more. Each recall counts once, however many products it covers, in the month FDA first listed it. Class I means the food could cause serious harm or death, Class II temporary or minor harm, and Class III is unlikely to harm anyone. Meat, poultry and most egg products are recalled by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, not the FDA, and aren't included. For what to do with a recalled product, see the FDA's recalls page.