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More than 300,000 cereal and snack packages recalled because of metal in products

By News Desk on March 16, 2023

Catalina Snacks of Lebanon, IN, is recalling more than 300,000 certain ready-to-eat cereal packages and snack mix packages because of foreign material in the products, specifically metal.

According to the details posted this week by…

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Reports of problems with cereal continue to rise; other outbreak investigations ongoing

By News Desk on May 5, 2022

The FDA has logged more than 500 complaints of “adverse events” related to a “dry cereal” in an investigation of an ongoing outbreak. 

Although the agency does not name the cereal in its outbreak table,…
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Consumers on iwaspoisoned.com complain of illnesses linked to Lucky Charms

By Jonan Pilet on April 5, 2022

The website iwaspoisoned.com, credited with helping to identify several high-profile foodborne illness outbreaks in recent years, has possibly done it again.

During the past several days, hundreds of people have complained about stomach aches, vomiting …
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Quaker Oats recalls Cap’n Crunch from Target for Salmonella risk

By News Desk on November 20, 2018

The Quaker Oats Co., a subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc., is recalling a small amount of Cap’n Crunch’s Peanut Butter Crunch cereal from Target stores in three states after company tests showed the potential presence of…
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How Much is Too Much? Report on Fortified Foods Tries to Answer That Question

By Lydia Zuraw on June 25, 2014

Many Americans don’t get enough of the vitamins and minerals they should, but the Environmental Working Group (EWG) is now concerned that children and other vulnerable populations are exposed to excessive and unhealthy amounts in…
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Kellogg’s Mini Wheats Recalled For Metal Fragments

By News Desk on October 11, 2012

Up to three million boxes of cereal have been recalled by Kellogg’s because they may contain metal fragments. The foreign material is pieces of flexible metal mesh from a faulty machine part, but the company…
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Twinkies for Breakfast?

By Michele Simon on December 8, 2011

Yesterday the Environmental Working Group (best known for its “Dirty Dozen” list of pesticide-laden produce) released a not very surprising report detailing the insane amounts of sugar in children’s cereals. Kellogg’s Honey Smacks, at nearly…
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Popular Kids Cereals as Sugary as Desserts, Review Finds

By Gretchen Goetz on December 7, 2011

Few parents make a habit of feeding their kids Twinkies for breakfast. But children who eat some of the leading brands of cereal are getting just as much or more sugar as is in one…

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Lawmakers Investigate Kellogg’s Recall

By Helena Bottemiller on August 4, 2010

House lawmakers are pressing Kellogg’s Co. for more information on the company’s recent 28 million box recall of Corn Pops, Honey Smacks, Fruit Loops, and Apple Jacks cereals.

corn-pops-featured.jpgRep. Henry Waxman (D-CA), Chairman of the…

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Kellogg’s Blames Elevated Hydrocarbons for Recall

By Dan Flynn on July 13, 2010

An aromatic hydrocarbon called methylnaphthalene is present the substance giving off the unpleasant odor in the packaging of some recalled Kellogg’s cereals.

The Battle Creek, MI-based company recalled some 28 million boxes of Froot Loops…

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