The Recall Desk
HighFDA (Food)·F-0615-2023·Announced 2023-03-22

Maple Waffle Cereal Recalled Due to Metal Contamination

Catalina Snacks is recalling Maple Waffle flavored ready-to-eat cereal due to the potential presence of metal fragments. Consumers should not consume the affected product.

What this means for you

Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.

Our severity reasoning: This is an FDA Class II recall involving a risk-of-harm product. Metal contamination in ready-to-eat food poses a potential for serious injury (choking, mouth and throat injury, tooth damage), and no illnesses have been reported. This meets the rubric criterion for Score 3: risk-of-harm products where injury has not yet been reported.

Plain-English summary

Catalina Snacks is recalling Maple Waffle flavored ready-to-eat cereal packaged in 9oz plastic pouches (UPC 860479001539) due to the potential presence of metal fragments. Approximately 316,980 pouches with best-by dates of 7/25/2023 or 8/15/2023 are affected.

The recalled product has been distributed to consumers across the United States, including New York, California, Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, Texas, Arizona, Georgia, Florida, Maryland, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Oregon, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Virginia, Nevada, New Hampshire, Wisconsin, and Connecticut, as well as through online sales.

Consumers who have purchased the affected product should not consume it. The product should be discarded or returned to the place of purchase.

The recalled product

Product
Maple Waffle flavored ready-to-eat cereal packaged in 9oz (UPC 860479001539) plastic stand up pouch.
Manufacturer
Catalina Snacks
Category
Food — Ready-to-eat cereal
Hazard
Affected units
316,980

Is your product affected?

Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.

Lot numbers (2)

  • Best By Date 7/25/2023
  • Best By Date 8/15/2023.

Distribution

Distributed in 21 states:

Part of a larger recall action

This product is one of 7 recalled by Catalina Snacks under a single FDA (Food) recall action. The agency files each product separately, so the size of the action is not visible from this page alone.

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