Quaker Chewy Bars Recalled for Potential Salmonella Contamination
Quaker Oats Co. recalled Quaker Chewy Bars Dark Chocolate Chunk due to potential Salmonella contamination. The recall affects packages distributed nationally across all U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, and internationally.
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 is an FDA Class II recall due to potential Salmonella contamination, a high-risk pathogen. No illnesses have been reported, placing this within the High severity tier per the rubric for high-risk pathogens without confirmed cases.
Plain-English summary
Quaker Oats Company is recalling Quaker Chewy Bars Dark Chocolate Chunk due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product consists of individually wrapped bars packaged in cartons of eight bars, each carton weighing 6.7 ounces.
Affected packages have a Best Before date of August 2, 2024, or earlier. A total of 22,512,942 cases were distributed and sold across all U.S. states, Puerto Rico, Guam, Saipan, and to locations outside the United States.
No illnesses associated with this product have been reported. If you have one of the affected packages, stop using it and either return it to the retailer or discard it. Quaker Oats Company initiated this voluntary recall on December 15, 2023, with the FDA terminating the recall on November 20, 2024.
The recalled product
- Product
- Quaker Chewy Bars Dark Chocolate Chunk 8ct 6.7 oz. Bars are individually wrapped in plastic and packaged in paperboard boxes.
- Manufacturer
- The Quaker Oats Co.
- Category
- Food — Snack Bar
- 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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