Kellogg Recalls 28 Million Boxes of Cereal

[OhioChick]

Source: Wall Street Journal

JUNE 25, 2010, 2:52 P.M. ET

Kellogg Co. recalled about 28 million boxes of cereal largely marketed to children on Friday out of concern that unpleasant smells and flavors emanating from the boxes' plastic packaging could be causing nausea and diarrhea.

The Battle Creek, Mich., company said the voluntary recall covers its Kellogg's Apple Jacks, Kellogg's Corn Pops, Kellogg's Froot Loops and Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereals distributed nationwide with better-if-used-before dates ranging from March 26, 2011, to June 22, 2011.

In a release, Kellogg said the potential for serious health problems is low but some consumers are sensitive to the "uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell" coming from plastic bags containing the cereal.

Adaire Putnam, a spokeswoman for Kellogg, said complaints were received from about 20 people, including five who reported nausea and vomiting.

Ms. Putnam said the bags producing the unpleasant smells and flavors in the cereals were first used in cereal boxes in late March. In the next several months, consumers reported stale, metallic and soap-like tastes and scents, she said.



Read more: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328883385848118.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

[TwilightGardener]

1. Have a half-eaten box of Froot Loops in the pantry, smells like...froot, and not much else.

Maybe they're having a reaction to the froot.

[OhioChick]

2. LMAO....

Nice catch :rofl:

[FedUpWithIt All]

5. Here too and it is not even a plastic liner bag it is a sort of metalic paper.

:shrug:

[TwilightGardener]

7. Yep--mine is a foil-y/wax paper thing.

[unblock]

8. at least it's 100% real froot!

[TwilightGardener]

11. At least with froot, you know it's froot. Smacks, I don't mess with.

No telling what's in smacks.

[unblock]

12. once upon a time, it was sugar smacks. now it's honey smacks.

although if there were any real truth in advertising, it would be high fructose corn syrup smacks.

smacks of deception....

[TwilightGardener]

13. I remember when they were Sugar Smacks. Back in the day when

it was OK to be an openly, blatantly sugary cereal, and no one apologized for it. Good times...

[OregonBlue]

3. Wanna bet the packaging is from China?

[loudsue]

9. Not only is Kellogg getting packaging from China, the cereal itself has ingredients

that are coming from China.

[dipsydoodle]

4. Was that because

the contents were found to have a higher nutritional value than the carton whereas historically they may not have been the case. I guess someone had been wasting their money and they didn't want the public to get used to it.

[no_hypocrisy]

6. Gee, I would have guessed it was the GM corn used to produce the cereals . . . . .

[Doremus]

10. If they're recalling because "5" people got sick, I can't imagine the actual number.

But they're jolly well waaaaaaaay higher than 5. :spit:

[Sherman A1]

14. Well Tony Tiger is not involved so everything is

pretty much Greatttttttttt!

[fasttense]

15. Ah, "free" trade at its best.

I'll bet it's bug spray.

I had a box of cake flour that had that awful chemical smell to it. I refused to touch it. It is still sitting in my pantry and it still smells. Not a single bug though.

Don't you just love "free" trade?

[BadgerKid]

16. List here (from Kellogg's site)

http://consumeralert.kelloggs.com/consumeralert.aspx?id=3870

[ChromeFoundry]

17. Thanks for the link n/t

[dipsydoodle]

18. K & R

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[AsahinaKimi]

19. Kellogg recalls 28 million boxes of cereal

Source: CNN.COM

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Kellogg Co. is recalling 28 million boxes of several popular cereals due to an unusual flavor and smell, the company said Friday.

The recall includes some boxes of Kellogg (K, Fortune 500) brands Corn Pops, Honey Smacks, Froot Loops and Apple Jacks. The recalled products were sold across the country, Kellogg said.
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The company said potential for serious health problems is low, but an "uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell coming from the liner in the package" could cause temporary symptoms including nausea and diarrhea.

Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/25/news/companies/kellogg_recall/index.htm?hpt=T2

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Consumers who have questions or want a replacement box of cereal can call Kellogg at 888-801-4163 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ET

[canetoad]

20. Makes me glad

that breakfast consists of four coffees and fifteen cigarettes instead of cereal.

[Bonobo]

22. Sounds like Frank Zappa's breakfast.

"To me, a cigarette is food," said Zappa in his autobiography, The Real Frank Zappa Book. "I live my life smoking these things, and drinking the ‘black water’ in this cup here."

http://www.ineedcoffee.com/00/zappa/

[canetoad]

24. Good article, thanks for that

Must post my own didgeridoo story one day.

[BadgerKid]

21. Wondering if inner plastic is phthalate-free.... n/t

[dipsydoodle]

23. Duplicate LBN post

assuming this isn't another 28,000,000.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4442341

[Bluenorthwest]

25. Kellogg cereal is all laced with High Fructose Corn Syrup

So we do not eat their poison anyway. The crappy new taste and texture of cereals I had eaten since childhood drove me away ages ago.

[swilton]

28. Agree

Quit eating ANY processed food from the world of manufactured food (primarily sugar, fat, salt) long ago. And I never bought the processed cereals (only 'Old Fashioned' oatmeal) for my children who, now in their twenties, are thankfully not obese.

I have even found that many of the recipes that I try from the conventional chefs on the Food Network have increased the amounts of sugar/processed food in their recipes to the extent that I take today's conventional recipes with scepticism. There is apparently a higher tolerance for sugar, fat and salt in today's food gourmets. Although I have not checked this scientifically, when I have tried recipes from say the Barefoot Contessa, it seems that they are so sweet that I cannot tolerate the high sugar content. This is so sad becaue going the natural food way is healthier and there is more flavor the less tainted the food is.

[papadog]

26. AT least it was a volutary recall instead of trying to hide and deny.

Good for Kellogs, not that I eat that stuff, at least they tried to do the right thing.

[minnesota_liberal]

27. IT'S GRRRRREAT!

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

[Dappleganger]

29. At least we don't eat that junk.

That much sugar would give me a headache.

[Honeycombe8]

30. I don't call any of those things cereal. They're more like candy or cookies. Sugar is one of the

Sugar is one of the main ingredients of most of those items.

[woo me with science]

31. That must be some pretty powerful stuff if it can cause diarrhea

without actually eating the bag.

[Broken_Hero]

32. Sweet, I got some Apple Jacks in that time frame of expiration ,nt

[mochajava666]

33. Boycott Kelloggs

They shit on Michael Phelps for smoking pot, and I have been boycotting them since.

Miss those Pop Tarts, though. Had to go with an off-brand.