A canned tuna recall at Costco and other stores over a botulism risk has consumers on alert. Check if your tuna is affected and what to do next.

The recall was triggered by "a manufacturing defect that may compromise the integrity of the product seal (especially over time), causing it to leak, or worse, be contaminated with clostridium botulinum," the Food and Drug Administration ( FDA) said.

Canned tuna sold at Iowa Trader Joe's locations has been recalled due to possible food poisoning and other dangers, federal officials announced.

Tri-Union Seafoods, a subsidiary of food company Thai Union Group, is recalling several tuna products over the risk of botulism. The El Segundo, California, U.S.A.-based company voluntarily recalled select canned tuna products under Genova, Van Camp’s, H-E-B, and Trader Joe’s brands “out of an abundance of caution.”

Trader Joe's, Costco, and Walmart are among the retailers and brands caught up in the massive recall. Botulism is a rare but serious illness.

Tri-Union seafood products sold at Costco, Walmart, Trader Joe's, Kroger, and other national grocery chains were recalled.

A pull-tab defect that might cause leakage and lead to botulism contamination is affecting some canned tuna products sold in some of the nation's most popular retail chains.

Tri-Union Seafoods warned if people consume their canned tuna found vulnerable to Botulism, they risk food poisoning by bacterial toxins that may claim the lives of customers

Certain tuna products may have defective lids that could lead to "a potentially fatal form of food poisoning," FDA notice states.