Have you noticed any defects with recent Fuji 400 35mm film sold at drug stores in the USA?

[Certain Exposures]

Hello, have you noticed speckling with a similar pattern and position on multiple frames on a roll of fresh Fuji 400 35mm film you purchased in the last few months? The pattern is on the negative itself - not dust or debris. It creates a large cluster of fine, yellow dots on the frame when you invert the negative. I've noticed it on multiple frames a roll.

I'm reviewing my 35mm developing and scanning process in the meantime; however, a Portra 400 roll I developed in the same tank and chemistry didn't show a similar problem. I've developed 120 rolls in the same tank and chemistry, and at the same time, without observing a similar defect. I've decided to stop buying Fuji 400 for now.

 

[Pioneer]

Nope. Seems to be good film. I just finished developing 10 rolls in my Jobo. It came out fine.

 

[koraks]

It creates a large cluster of fine, yellow dots on the frame when you invert the negative.

Let's see some examples.
Defects on negatives are common. They're 99.95% of the time related to some kind of problem with processing, either chemically or digitally. Actual film defects are very rare.