Quaker Big Chewy Bars Chocolate Chip recalled for potential Salmonella
The Quaker Oats Company is voluntarily recalling Quaker Big Chewy Bars Chocolate Chip due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product, distributed nationwide and internationally, affected millions of cases.
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: This recall involves Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen, in a widely distributed food product. The FDA classified it as Class II, and the source material does not report any illnesses or hospitalizations. Per the rubric, high-risk pathogens without reported illness score High (3).
Plain-English summary
Quaker Big Chewy Bars Chocolate Chip are being recalled due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product is available in three sizes: 5-count 7.4 oz, 1-count 1.48 oz, and 10-count 14.8 oz. Each bar is individually wrapped in plastic and packaged in paperboard boxes.
The recalled product was distributed nationally across all U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Saipan, as well as outside the United States. The recall affects 22,512,942 total cases. The recall applies to products with a Best Before date of August 2, 2024, and any earlier date.
The Quaker Oats Company voluntarily initiated this recall on December 15, 2023, following FDA classification as a Class II recall. The recall was terminated on November 20, 2024.
The recalled product
- Product
- Quaker Big Chewy Bars Chocolate Chip 5ct 7.4 oz, 1ct 1.48 oz, 10ct 14.8 oz. Bars are individually wrapped in plastic and packaged in paperboard boxes
- Manufacturer
- The Quaker Oats Co.
- Category
- Food — Snack Bars
- Hazard
- Affected units
- 22,512,942
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 Before of Aug-02-24 and any earlier date
Distribution
Part of a larger recall action
This product is one of 65 recalled by The Quaker Oats Co. 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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