FDA Recall United States TerminatedTerminated: September 9, 2025Historical recordClass I
General Mills, Inc
- Product
- Gold Medal Bleached All Purpose Flour, Enriched, Presifted,…
- Published
- May 24, 2023
- Distribution
- Nationwide
General Mills, Inc Recall: Cheerios Protein Oats and Honey cereal may be contaminated with Salmonella. - F-1788-2018
United States
TerminatedClass II
- Company
- General Mills, Inc
- Product
- Cheerios Protein Oats & Honey, Packaged in the following siz…
- Recall date
- July 16, 2018
- Terminated
- July 19, 2019
- Source
- FDA
Reason for recall
Cheerios Protein Oats and Honey cereal may be contaminated with Salmonella.
- - Recall initiated
- - Reported by source
- - Recall terminated
| Product description | UPC | Quantity | Lot / code information |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheerios Protein Oats & Honey, Packaged in the following sizes: Net Wt. 19 oz. (583g) UPC 16000-44473. 12 boxes/case, Net Wt. 14.1 oz. (399g) UPC 16000-45137. 16 boxes/case. Dist. By General M ills Sales, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55440 USA. | 16000-44473 | 16,308 cases | Better If Used By 05MAY2019, 06MAY2019, 07MAY2019, 08MAY2019, 09MAY2019, 10MAY2019 |
Distribution
- nationwide
Official source record
- Agency
- FDA
- Dataset
- FDA Food Enforcement (Recalls)
- Recall number
- F-1788-2018
- Event ID
- 80536
- Status
- Terminated
- Classification
- Class II
- Company
- General Mills, Inc
- Product description
- Cheerios Protein Oats & Honey, Packaged in the following sizes: Net Wt. 19 oz. (583g) UPC 16000-44473. 12 boxes/case, Net Wt. 14.1 oz. (399g) UPC 16000-45137. 16 boxes/case. Dist. By General M ills Sales, Inc., Minneapolis, MN 55440 USA.
- Quantity
- 16,308 cases
- Reason
- Cheerios Protein Oats and Honey cereal may be contaminated with Salmonella.
- Recall initiation date
- July 16, 2018
- Report date
- August 8, 2018
- Classification date
- Not published in this source record
- Termination date
- July 19, 2019
- Distribution pattern
- nationwide
- UPC, lot, and code information
- UPC 16000-44473; Better If Used By 05MAY2019, 06MAY2019, 07MAY2019, 08MAY2019, 09MAY2019, 10MAY2019
- Voluntary or mandated
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Initial notification method
- Source last updated
- Not tracked separately from the Public Health Trace retrieval date below
- Public Health Trace retrieval date
Responsible company: General Mills, Inc
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