Beech-Nut Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal Recalled for Elevated Arsenic Levels
Beechnut Nutrition is recalling Beech-Nut brand Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal because certain lots may contain inorganic arsenic above safe levels. Consumers with affected products should stop use and contact the manufacturer.
The agency’s classification
FDA (Food): Class II
Class II is a situation in which use of or exposure to a violative product may cause temporary or medically reversible adverse health consequences, or where the probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote.
This is the agency’s own classification, taken from its notice. The severity score below is our assessment, not the agency’s. How recall classes work
What this means for you
Our assessment, not the agency’s: severity 3/5 (High).
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: The FDA classified this as a Class II recall. Inorganic arsenic is a high-risk contaminant of concern in infant foods, and the source text does not explicitly state that illnesses or injuries have been reported, placing this at score 3 per the rubric for high-risk contamination without reported illness.
Plain-English summary
Beechnut Nutrition is recalling Beech-Nut brand Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal (8 oz / 227g) because the product may contain elevated levels of inorganic arsenic above 100 ppb (parts per billion).
The affected product was distributed across multiple states including Indiana, Pennsylvania, Texas, Georgia, Tennessee, Illinois, North Carolina, Kansas, Ohio, Arizona, Washington, Oregon, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Florida, California, Utah, Wisconsin, Colorado, Michigan, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Missouri, Mississippi, Virginia, Iowa, Connecticut, and Maine. Approximately 8,831 cases are affected. The recalled lots are those with "Best By 01 May 22" dates and lot numbers 093470 and 103470.
Consumers who have purchased this product should stop using it. The cereal is packaged in an 8 oz plastic canister with a safety seal, screw-on inner cap, and an over cap containing rice flour and sunflower lecithin as ingredients.
The recalled product
- Product
- Beech-Nut brand Single Grain Rice Baby Cereal; NET WT. 8 OZ (227g); INGREDIENTS: Rice flour, sunflower lecithin; packaged in an 8oz plastic canister with safety seal, screw on inner cap and an over cap.
- Manufacturer
- Beechnut Nutrition
- Category
- Food — Infant / Baby Food
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 8,831
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 (1)
- Best By 01May22 Lots: 093470 and 103470
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