Recalls / Class II
Class IIF-0096-2016
Product
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
- Type
- Food
- Affected lot / code info
- Best if Used by Dates: 12JUL2016 LD - 25JUL2016 LD
- Quantity
- 101,706 cases and 9,269 pallets total
Why it was recalled
General Mills is recalling several days of production of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios Cereal because of undeclared wheat.
Recalling firm
- Firm
- General Mills, Inc
- Notification channel
- Type
- Voluntary: Firm initiated
- Address
- 1 General Mills Blvd, N/A, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426-1347
Distribution
- Distribution pattern
- nationwide and outside the US to include Guam.
Timeline
- Recall initiated
- 2015-10-05
- FDA classified
- 2015-10-21
- Posted by FDA
- 2015-10-28
- Terminated
- 2019-05-30
- Status
- Terminated
Source: openFDA Food Enforcement endpoint. Recall record F-0096-2016. The FDA issues recall classifications as health-hazard assessments, not legal findings.