There's a fantastic book, called the secret life of groceries by Benjamin Lorr. In it, he mentions that at the FDA they call Trader Joe's "Recall Joe's" for their disturbingly high number of recalls
Doesn't seem to be that many recalls in comparison to other US chains. FDA's search returns 11 recalls[1] for the last 3 years.
[1] https://www.fda.gov/search?s=trader%20joe&items_per_page=100...
Certain third world countries would grow them in contaminated areas and then sell them back to the west.
BTW, I appreciate your username. There's an episode of The Good Fight that talks about it.
Thanks for pointing it out. TIL