General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios, Whole Grain Oats, packaged in the following sizes: 12.25 oz.
Recalling firm: General Mills, Inc
General Mills is recalling several days of production of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal because of undeclared wheat.
Historical recall record. This is not a new recall announcement. “Terminated” describes the FDA recall process; it does not certify that an individual package is safe. FDA termination date: May 30, 2019.
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Best if Used by Dates: 12JUL2016 LD - 25JUL2016 LD
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Original product description
General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios, Whole Grain Oats, packaged in the following sizes: 12.25 oz., UPC 16000-27527; 17 oz., UPC 16000-27571; 48 oz., UPC 16000-48665; and 55 oz., UPC 16000-40106
Original FDA recall reason
General Mills is recalling several days of production of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal because of undeclared wheat.
Recall details
- Recall number
- F-0096-2016
- Event ID
- 72347
- FDA status
- Terminated
- Initiated
- Oct 5, 2015
- Reported
- Oct 28, 2015
- Classified
- Oct 21, 2015
- Terminated
- May 30, 2019
- Quantity
- 101,706 cases and 9,269 pallets total
- Location
- Minneapolis, MN, United States
- Initiation type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Notification
Where it was distributed
nationwide and outside the US to include Guam.
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