In the latest incident of potentially dangerous food contamination, the federal government has announced the recall of instant coffee distributed by Dollar General stores nationwide.
An announcement posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared the discount retailer has reported that three lots of its 8-ounce Clover Valley Instant Coffee may contain glass. Dollar General said in a statement that the recall “is being initiated after a customer notified Dollar General employees about the potential issue.”
Drinking the tainted coffee and ingesting glass fragments “may cause injury to the consumer, and these injuries may include damage to teeth, laceration of the mouth and throat, or perforation of the intestine,” according to the statement. “So far, no injuries or illness have been reported to date.”
The recalled coffee was sold and distributed across 48 states between July 9-21, and affects three lots of Clover Valley Instant Coffee.
Contaminated Clover Valley Instant Coffee Lot Numbers
Size: 8 oz.
UPC: 876941004069
Lot 1: L-5163 with best-by date: 12/13/2026
Lot 2: L-5164 with best-by date: 12/13/2026
Lot 3: L-5165 with best-by date: 12/14/2026
The FDA advises that Customers can find the lot numbers and the “best by” date information around the neck of the package.
Consumers should immediately throw away the entire package of recalled coffee.
Dollar General has been targeted for action by the Reverend Jamal Bryant, pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church in Atlanta. Bryant, who has led the continuing boycott against Target Corporation, described Dollar General as “a retail giant that has systematically excluded Black professionals from leadership, silenced DEI initiatives, and retaliated against their own Chief Diversity Officer.”
“Target is canceled since they have betrayed and walked away from our community, and we’ve gone on from there,” Bryant told USA TODAY. “We’re done with Target, and then our next focus will be around Dollar General.”
The action against the discount retailer isn’t an in-person boycott, as it has been for Target. Bryant’s organization has called for consumers to conduct “a mass technological campaign,” according to USA TODAY. The goal is to overwhelm the company’s email account, phone lines, and social media campaign.
