Quaker Oats recollects granola merchandise on account of considerations of salmonella contamination

The Quaker Oats signal is noticed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in June 2021. Quaker Oats on Friday, Dec. 15, 2023, recalled a number of of its granola merchandise, together with granola bars and cereals, pronouncing the meals may well be infected with salmonella.

Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette by the use of AP

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Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette by the use of AP

CHICAGO — Quaker Oats on Friday recalled a number of of its granola merchandise, together with granola bars and cereals, pronouncing the meals may well be infected with salmonella. Salmonella infections may cause fever, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and abdomen ache, consistent with the Meals and Drug Management. In uncommon circumstances, the bacterial illness can also be deadly. Quaker, which is owned through PepsiCo, stated in a information unlock that it has now not won any studies of salmonella infections associated with the recalled granola merchandise. The entire listing of recalled meals contains granola oats cereals and Quaker Chewy Bars, which might be additionally offered in PepsiCo’s snack mixes.

The affected merchandise were offered in all 50 U.S. states, in addition to U.S. territories, Quaker stated. The corporate is looking shoppers with recalled merchandise to throw them away and phone its buyer reinforce line or seek advice from the recall web site for more info and repayment. In step with estimates from the Facilities for Illness Keep an eye on and Prevention, more or less 1.35 million circumstances of salmonella an infection happen within the U.S. every 12 months, inflicting roughly 26,500 hospitalizations and 420 deaths.