Breakfast Cereal Recall: Quaker Oatmeal Squares for Potential Salmonella
The Quaker Oats Co. is recalling Quaker Oatmeal Squares Breakfast Cereal due to potential Salmonella contamination. The product was distributed nationally 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: FDA Class II recall involving Salmonella, a high-risk pathogen. No illnesses or injuries are reported in the source text. Per the severity rubric, high-risk pathogens without reported illness warrant a score of 3 (High).
Plain-English summary
The Quaker Oats Co. is recalling Quaker Oatmeal Squares Breakfast Cereal, Variety Pack 43.5 oz (3 pack), due to potential Salmonella contamination. The recall involves approximately 22,512,942 total cases of this product.
The product was distributed and sold nationally in all states, Puerto Rico, Guam, and Saipan, as well as outside the United States. Affected items bear a Best Before date of August 2, 2024, or any earlier date.
Consumers who have purchased this product should not consume it. This voluntary recall was initiated by The Quaker Oats Co. on December 15, 2023, and was terminated on November 20, 2024.
The recalled product
- Product
- Quaker Oatmeal Squares Breakfast Cereal, Variety Pack 43.5 oz 3 Pack
- Manufacturer
- The Quaker Oats Co.
- Category
- Food — Breakfast Cereal
- 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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