Dollar General Recalls Coffee Sold in 48 States Due to Glass Fragments
Check your jars of instant coffee.
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Before you take your next coffee break, double-check your jar of instant coffee, if that’s what you’re drinking. Dollar General is recalling three lots of Clover Valley Instant Coffee sold in 8-ounce jars because it may contain fragments of glass.
In an announcement posted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Dollar General says the recalled coffee was distributed and sold in 48 states between July 9 and July 21, 2025.
Those states, in which the coffee has been recalled, are: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
The recall affects 8-Ounce jars of Clover Valley Instant Coffee with the UPC code 876941004069 and any of these three lot numbers and best-buy dates on the packaging: L-5163 / Best By 12/13/2026; L-5164 / Best by 12/13/2026; and L-5165 / Best by 12/14/2026. The lot and best-by date information can be found around the neck of the jar.
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“The recall is being initiated after a customer notified Dollar General employees about the potential issue,” according to Dollar General’s recall announcement. “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.”
So far, no illnesses or injuries have been reported in connection with the recalled coffee, the company adds.
If you have the recalled coffee, you should throw it away and contact Dollar General for a full refund; you can email the company at customercare@dollargeneral.com or call them at 1-888-309-9030 from 6 a.m. to 1 a.m. CST seven days a week.
The company adds that it is “actively investigating the source of the glass contamination” and that it “apologizes for any inconvenience caused by this product issue.”
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